Mark Bouchard has 17 years of law enforcement experience in Canada, where he has primarily worked patrol (general duty) and the Emergency Response Team. He recently received a promotion into a full-time role in the RCMP’s National Tactical Medicine Program. Mark has also been an advanced care tactical medic for the past 10 years. He also has many years of experience instructing mental health (R2MR), as a peer to peer support member, and as part of BC’s proactive support response team.

Mark has also completed a master’s degree from Royal Roads University in leadership, with a research project focused on police culture and police officer mental health. Mark has combined his experiences and his research into a book called Setting My Sights on Stigma: Thoughts From an Injured Mind. It is a combination of his experiences with his PTSD diagnosis, and the research that helped him to heal from his psychological injury. Mark speaks publicly about policing and mental health in an attempt to reduce mental health stigma and to shift policing culture for the better.