Marc & Nicole Junkerman
Helping to grow healthy first responders and first responder organizations through collaboration.
Marc established his LLC in 2022 after retiring from active law enforcement service and began operating as an independent contractor within the public safety wellness and resiliency arenas. He brings an organizational management approach to his work based upon the “mission first, people always” concept.
He has been fortunate to work at the national and international levels and is now adjusting his footprint to better serve the first responders of the Delmarva and Mid-Atlantic regions in which he resides.
Marc’s wife Nicole is a retired law enforcement officer who also works in the public safety wellness space as the proprietor of Positive Passing, LLC which specializes in grief recovery and life transitions. https://positive-passing-9s5o5.zensmb.com. Together they share two daughters who are both trained as nurses, a son who is a legacy officer for the same police department in which both his mother and grandfather served. It’s this skin in the game which fuels his passion to create hometown initiatives.
Win by design and not by default.
Approach
Marc’s approach is straight-forward and anchored in five simple principles:
1. Create and sustain healthy people who will in turn become well-balanced and effective responders as reflected by a “mission first, people always” approach to service.
2. Help responders develop a sense of urgency and responsibility for their own wellness through purpose, ownership, and accountability.
3. Assist organizations in designing, implementing, sustaining, and evaluating wellness “cultures” as opposed to wellness “programs”. This goes beyond mental health advocacy and incorporates other areas of fitness, organizational and occupational safety, as well as personal and organizational development and succession planning.
4. Incorporate SMART, proactive, and organizationally comfortable content based upon end user needs and feedback. Good intentions are not good enough. Success is deliberate. The most popular tool, idea, or package on the market will still be ineffective if it doesn’t work for your design, your standard, or within the scope of your resources.
5. Advocate for a collaborative approach which first includes engagement of LOCAL community resources and partners and which then extends regionally and nationally as required. Healthy first responders equate to healthy and prosperous communities. It’s also true that some of the best solutions to the challenges we face are right at our doorsteps.
About Marc Junkerman
Marc "Junk" Junkerman is a public safety wellness consultant and trainer who operates both independently and through third party contracting. He presently works with the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc. as a faculty member and outreach ambassador. www.icisf.org He is also a local partner with Behind the Line, Inc., a non-profit, full service first responder wellness provider located on Maryland's Lower Eastern Shore.
He gave 33-years of overlapping uniformed service, first to his country in his role as an enlisted soldier and commissioned officer in the U.S Army, the U. S. Army Reserve, and Pennsylvania National Guard, then as a peace officer protecting the citizens of Maryland. Marc left active sworn service in November 2021.
He retired with the rank of Lieutenant from his agency having served primarily in the field with Patrol, Special Operations/SWAT, Special Investigations, and as federal task force officer. Marc also has command experience in support ops with tours as the Planning and Research commander and agency Training Director.
Over seventeen years of his law enforcement career was dedicated to community and employee behavioral health. Marc is recognized as one of Maryland’s pioneering architects in the development and fielding of public safety oriented mental health and wellness programs such as Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT), Mental Health First Aid, and peer support. His work has been recognized by such organizations as NAMI, the Mental Health Association of Maryland, Special Olympics Maryland, the National Law Enforcement Torch Run, the ARC, the Saratoga Warhorse program, and Pathfinders for Autism. He is considered a subject matter expert and is often tapped to share his knowledge and experience with various organizations and legislative bodies.
Marc has taught various leadership and supervisory courses to include blocks for his state’s mandated First Line Supervisor and First Line Administrator trainings in addition to serving as a reoccurring presenter in support of the Greater Chesapeake Law Enforcement Executive Leadership Seminar co-sponsored by the FBI. He is Crisis Intervention Team instructor and supports those operations on the Maryland Eastern Shore. In 2016, he was tapped by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General to help in the development of its peer support program. He has deployed to dozens of critical incidents as both an operator and peer support coordinator. This includes the 2015 unrest in Baltimore City, the Capital-Gazette active assailant incident in 2018, and after the January 6, 2021 events at the U.S. Capitol. Marc continues to develop original trainings and presentations and is also often tapped to serve as a keynote speaker or emcee by various organizations.
Marc has volunteered for service organizations to include Special Olympics Maryland, the Saratoga Warhorse program, and Operation We Care, in addition to holding a position as post officer in the Maryland Department of the American Legion.
He holds a BA in Psychology from Lebanon Valley College as well as a master’s degree in organizational management and a graduate certificate in Leadership from Johns Hopkins University.
Highlighted Links:
Episode 4 - Fair is Just a Weather Condition with Marc Junkerman
The Dividends of Front End Resilience Education on Maryland Law Enforcement
"CISM Live" Series with Marc Junkerman
https://icisf.org/junkerman-marc/
Marc Junkerman - Consultant - Behind the Line, Inc. | LinkedIn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbx7eQpt4NU
https://icisf.org/mid-state-law-enforcement-and-corrections/
2447_02202020_92921-990.pdf (maryland.gov)
Police officers' mental health focus of bill in Maryland legislature (delmarvanow.com)
Engage, Execute, Evaluate
Strategic Planning Consultation: You can’t successfully deliver the “what” without answering the who, why, how and when. Marc has the expertise to help organizations navigate the strategic planning process and to facilitate turning ideas into reality. This includes developing willing stakeholders within the law enforcement sphere, the business and faith-based communities, and within the ranks of elected officials. Additionally, he has the ability apply his substantial real-world experience to evaluate and help develop effective agency policy and procedure.
Education and Training: Marc is a seasoned instructor with over 30 years of experience training and presenting to adult learners. He specializes in compact, integrated teaching opportunities which range from 20 minutes to four hours in length. He also works to tailor his concepts to the needs of his target audience. It’s his belief that in-person learning facilities better interaction and absorption however he is comfortable delivering real-time or asynchronous distance learning. All trainings are scalable and linked, affording clients the ability to “cobble and customize” a package suitable to their requirements.
Learning topics include:
Cracking the Code: Understanding the Law Enforcement Culture.
Riding the Pendulum: A Value Driven Approach to First Responder Balance.
Shifting First Responder Wellness from the "Fix it" Mentality.
Writing Your Next Chapter: Action Planning a Winning Approach to Retirement.
Avoiding the “Sheepdog Trap”.
Keeping the Oath: Helping Entrance Level Recruits Establish their “Why”.
Using Ownership-Based Goal Mapping to Help Officers “G.R. O.W."
Training to Thrive: A Real Story of How Front-End Training Positively Reduced the Back End Trauma of Active Assailant Incidents.
Peer Support 101 for Law Enforcement: A Primer to Get Things Rolling.
Navigating the Minefield: Legal Considerations for Peer Support/CISM Operations.
Integrating Your Critical Incident Response Package into NIMS National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS).
Critical Incident Stress Management Response Strategies for Boots on the Ground.
Unlocking the Power of Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Model.
S.O.A.Ring Toward Success: A Strategic Planning Model for Wellness Implementation.
Building your Wellness Buffet using the “Y-EAT” Approach.
From Awareness to Action: A Case Study of a Collaborative Approach to Wellness in Underserved First Responder Communities.
Twenty Years of Callouts: Real World Lessons Learned During Large Scale Peer Support/CISM Deployments.
ARMed³© for Law Enforcement Wellness and De-escalation.
From “Me 2 We”: using the ARMed³© Model to Help Create Officer Community Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) Buy-in”. Note: uses officer wellness as part of this process
Fees are necessary to cover expenses and lend value to the services delivered. Those discussion are critical but should not be uncomfortable. Marc Junkerman, LLC. partners with non-profits but is structured as a for-profit entity. Marc is always willing to discuss options which support a client's need and budget.
Resources:
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Small Agency Peer Support Implementation Guide: Implementing Peer Support Services in Small and Rural Law Enforcement Agencies (theiacp.org)
US AG’s Office: Office of the Associate Attorney General | Officer Safety and Wellness Resources (justice.gov)
IACP/BJA/VALOR Roadmap and Assessment: Agency Assessment Tool and Action Planning Roadmap (theiacp.org)
IACP LE Wellness Guide: bw revised employee family guide.pdf (theiacp.org)
LAPPA peer support tool kit: Local Police Departments Policies and Procedures - a Statistical Brief (legislativeanalysis.org)
Article on Need for Peer Support: Preventative Behavioral Health - Police Chief Magazine
DOJ Handout on Grief and Loss: Grief and Loss Leaders_Final.pdf (theiacp.org)
For and Non-Profit Resources:
1st Responder Conferences www.1stresponderconferences.org
Behind the Line, Inc. (local) Behind The Line (behindthelineinc.com)
Below 100 www.below100.org
Concerns of Police Survivor (National) www.concernsofpolicesurvivors.org
Copline www.copline.org
Destination Zero DESTINATION ZERO - National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (nleomf.org)
First Responder Wellness/ The Counseling Team: Family Program | First Responder Wellness (firstresponder-wellness.com
International Conference of Police Chaplains: ICPC - HOME (icpc4cops.org)
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) ICISF
Peer Connect
Positive Passing, LLC (grief recovery) https://positive-passing-9s5o5.zensmb.com
PTSD 911, film by Conrad Weaver: PTSD911 Film and Educational Toolkit
SAFELEO Home - SAFLEO
Stronger Families Stronger Families - Stronger Families
VALOR for Blue www.valorforblue.org
Retired Advocates for Public Safety (RAPS)
TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
The end of your career is not the end of your story. On the contrary, it’s an opportunity to begin a whole new chapter. Make it your best one yet.
OUR Mission
RAPS is a collaborative project between Marc Junkerman, LLC., Positive Passing, LLC. and the Behind the Line, Inc. non-profit committed to helping public safety providers make healthy transitions from active service into the next phase of their lives regardless of their reasons for separation. It accomplishes this through education, advocacy, resource referral and fellowship. RAPS focuses on, but is not exclusive to, law enforcement and corrections professionals living and working in and around the Tri-County Area of the Maryland Lower Shore.
OUR Vision
Public safety retirees should enjoy healthy and fulfilling lives well beyond their service years. They should also continue to contribute to the common good through employment, volunteerism and advocacy opportunities. Prosperous retirees help to create prosperous communities.
OUR Goals and Objectives
The goal of RAPS is to help retirees find stability and positive growth in five domains of wellness which include Fitness, Faith, Family, Finances, and Function by meeting four specific objectives:
1. Provide education, resources, and direct support to individuals before and during their retirement process.
2. Help link retirees with education, employment, volunteer opportunities in which to engage after retirement. This includes supporting first responder owned or operated endeavors as well as first responder friendly businesses and services.
3. Connect retirees willing to teach and/or mentor with public safety organizations in need of such support.
4. Advocate for and provide a collective voice in support of public safety wellness issues and initiatives within the community and to our elected officials.