'We ended up improving the rates of training-related injuries from one in six to one in 50 recruits being injured,' says health supervisor

“We notice an upward trend in training-related injuries,” recalls Eric Donaldson, Biological Health Supervisor for York Regional Police. In the summer of 2023, Donaldson’s health and safety unit approaches him with a challenge: too many recruits are getting hurt during training, and many of these injuries appear preventable.

Donaldson, who brings experience from both high-performance sport and injury rehabilitation, immediately investigates. “The first thing we need to do is really understand the data a little bit better,” he explains. He sits down with the health and safety unit to break down injury records. Are these injuries contact-related or non-

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