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- When you're a service driven person,

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it's very hard to ask for help.

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It's very hard to say, there's
something wrong with me.

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My name's Joshua Walters.

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I'm a deputy with Franklin
County Sheriff's Office.

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There's really an
infinite amount of places

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to get concussions for law enforcement

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and to evaluate a concussion,

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it's challenging in the
way that when we get hurt,

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if it's not bleeding, it's not broke,

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then it's not seen, and you're fine.

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- About three quarters of
all law enforcement officers

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reported at least one lifetime
history of concussion.

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So there's a lot of officers

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who are sustaining a concussion,

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but then they don't have
the appropriate resources.

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- When you look at the
statistics of law enforcement,

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it's a perfect profession to die early

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and struggle in so many ways.

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If I can help somebody tomorrow
be in a better position

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and survive something
better for their family,

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then that's the whole
point of the whole thing.

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- I think the impact we're
seeing is pretty tremendous.

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We're following a pretty
structured procedure

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where we could get officers
in for an initial evaluation

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and then subsequent follow-up evaluations,

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and I think it's having a
big impact on the officers.

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- We want the best officer on the street.

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I don't want an officer operating at 90%.

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I want an officer operating at 110%.

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I wanna see that go through 88 counties.

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I wanna see all the sheriffs
be able to take advantage

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of this partnership.

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- Ohio State is really the global leaders

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in understanding concussions
in law enforcement officers.

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There's really nowhere else in the world

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that people are taking the
steps we are to recognize,

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diagnose, treat and manage
concussions in law enforcement.

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- Working with Ohio State is fantastic.

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The group of people I work with

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are the most compassionate people

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that I've probably ever met,

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and I wanna give as much back
to them as they give to me.

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If I can help tomorrow's
cop be a better cop,

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then I've had success in this process.