Inspector/Commanding Officer, Health and Wellness Section
New York City Police Department, New York
New York, New York, United States
Inspector Mark Wachter is the Commanding Officer of the NYPD Health and Wellness Section. He was tasked with this important role to ensure the health and wellness through new monitoring and outreach programs. He was able to implement a new Health and Wellness Application for the department smartphones and a 400-person Peer Support Program. The section offers physical fitness, nutrition, yoga, and retirement planning in person and online by hosting numerous webinars. In July 2020, he created a Critical Incident Debriefing program to improve the ability for our officers to process daily traumatic events which has seen over 6,000 members. He oversaw the creation of a 30-part online wellness training series to offer information to the 55,000 members of the department to reduce the stigma of obtaining assistance. He is certified by Georgetown University and the NYPD to be a Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Instructor to teach this new department initiative on health and wellness. In 2021, he implemented a therapy K9 dog program within the Employee Assistance Unit and currently works with the FBI to ensure accurate reporting of law enforcement suicides.
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Monday, October 16, 2023
12:30 PM – 1:20 PM PST
