We had our phones turned off during this interview to avoid interruption. So we didn’t know that as we were talking Nikolas Cruz allegedly walked into his Parkland, Florida, school and opened fire on classmates and teachers. it was one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern history. We are indeed living in very dangerous times. The police are traumatized by it too. They have a hard time asking for emotional help because, among cops, that’s been seen as a weakness.  The Virginia Law Enforcement Assistance Program (VALEAP) is working to change all that by giving officers the support they desperately need. Co-founder and Union Presbyterian Seminary alumnus Alex Evans, and Richmond Police Sergeant Carol Adams, sat down with Joe Slay at Second Presbyterian Church in downtown Richmond to explain, what they call, their life-and-death ministry.

Carol Adams and Alex Evans.