ENROUTE PODCAST - E5 - MARK BOUCHARD

Welcome to this episode of ENROUTE.  I’m Joseph Brigandi.   Today we have Mark Bouchard visiting with us.  Mark is a current member of the RCMP The Royal Canadian Mounted Police.   He is a member of their ERT Emergency Response Team which is the Canadian equivalent of a SWAT team.  He also holds the special designation and achievement of MEDIC on the team.   He is assigned to the Williams Lake detachment in British Columbia a suburb of Vancouver.  Mark completed a master’s degree in leadership from Royal Rhodes University.   He’s the author of Setting My Sights on Stigma – Thoughts from an Injured Mind.    A book which details his road to recovery and the many challenges he’s faced along the path towards recovery and achieving wellness after receiving a PTSD diagnosis in 2015.   He’s a peer support member and a Road to Mental Readiness Instructor for his agency.   Mark offers a two-part course titled POLICE CULTURE AND LETHAL FORCE DECISIONS on our platform The First Responder Behavioral Health Institute.    I’m my pleasure to welcome Mark Bouchard to ENROUTE.