Oscar Kilo pilots instinct app to improve wellbeing

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Oscar Kilo pilots instinct app to improve wellbeing

A live research study has been launched in a bid to improve officer wellbeing.

Phoning it in: Instinct app could help wellbeing says Oscar Kilo

Date - 6th April 2021
By - Chris Smith

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Oscar Kilo, the national police wellbeing service, has begun a live instinct trace as part of a project to map reactions of officers while on duty. Officers are being urged to volunteer for the three week trial which begins today in a bid to assess...

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