RMPFC Membership

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2024 RMPFC Members

No one is confronted with more situations that demoralize and create emotional, mental, and spiritual burdens than today’s law enforcement officer and firefighter. These burdens also affect the emergency responder’s family and other members of his or her department. Agencies need the specialized guidance, counseling, and assistance for their responders, families, and communities.

A emergency responder chaplain is a clergy person with special interest and training for providing pastoral care in the high powered and dangerous world of emergency services. This pastoral care is offered to all people, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, creed, or religion. Chaplains also provide overall support to the whole wellness of those they serve through care of their physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing. Chaplains encourage, serve, and support the Agency, and their families, when faced with stressful or other difficult situations in their professional or personal lives.

Chaplains strive to establish a relationship with employees through ride-alongs and visits to various divisions of the department; they are members of the department and carry departmental identification and chaplain badges. They are not law enforcement officers or firefighters. Any counseling or other services offered to employees are voluntary and strictly confidential.

Membership Details:

Agency Benefits

• Standardized Training - excellence in training that provides clear expectations, situational preparedness, and competence

• Policy Assistance

• Critical Incident Response & Debriefing

• Counseling / mentoring of officers, staff, and their family or referrals to professional assistance

• Accountability of Chaplains

Chaplain Benefits

• Accountability

• Regional Alliances that provide local support, care, and resources

• Training - Basic, Advanced, and Agency Specific

• Discounted Training Registration

• Critical Incident Response support

• Networking with hundreds of chaplains within the Rocky Mountain Region

• Resources - Law Enforcement specific support and education

• Insurance (Brotherhood Mutual) - providing protection during your service as a Chaplain

  • Protect Your Right to Express Religious Beliefs - Religious Freedom Protection Coverage safeguards your ministry and reimburses defense expenses from allegations of emotional injury resulting from religious communications and activities plus alleged discrimination.

  • Help Your Ministry Recover from Trauma - Traumatic Incident Response Coverage pays for expenses relating to a traumatic incident, including reimbursement for a temporary facility, and security, legal, or public relation specialists hired to assist in your response.

  • Cover Counseling Costs (Representing RMPFC) - Broad Form Ministry Counseling Liability Coverage pays for damages and additional spiritual counseling when someone makes a claim of bodily, emotional, or personal injury related to faith-based counseling services.

  • Defend Against Sexual Misconduct Claims - Sexual Acts Liability Coverage pays damages resulting from a bodily, personal, or emotional injury claim relating to sexual misconduct/harassment. Also applies to improper reporting and failure to supervise a convicted offender.

Cost/Membership Dues: (Click here to pay Agency Dues)

• $400 for agency

Chaplain Roles, Responsibilities, and Agency Opportunities

1. Track volunteer hours served through the Chaplain Program

2. Life Skills Training for Agency Personnel
   * Stress Management, Marriage / Family Enrichment, Financial Planning / Financial Management

3. Ride alongs on various shifts

4. Accompany police officers to assist with notification of any suicide, death, or serious injury

5. Assist Emergency Responders at suicide incidents or other traumatic incidents

6. Provide a confidential, non-judgmental, and safe place for Officers, Firefighters, & Agency Personnel to talk or unload regarding the stressors that affecting their lives

7. Counsel department members in response to stress or family crisis problems.  Any such assistance will be privileged and confidential between the officer and chaplain involved

8. Emergency Responder Suicide Risk ID & Prevention

9. Visit with sick or injured members of the Department at their home or in the hospital.

10. Serve on review boards and/or other committees as needed

11. Work with emergency responders to assist in any kind of crisis situation where the presence of a trained chaplain might help

12. Assist in the provision of planned, scheduled training to police personnel. Training may include orientation as a new employee, roll call training, spouse orientation, etc.

13. Provide practical assistance to victims in partnership with the Agency's Victim's Advocate personnel

14. Assist the agency in the performance of appropriate ceremonial functions, including award or promotion ceremonies

15. Certified in First Aid & CPR

16. Assist with specialized teams (Crisis Response, CISM, Disaster Response, Hostage Negotiation, etc.) only after the appropriate, specialized training.   What areas would you like us to focus on and be an asset to the department?

17. Advise the Chief in matters of a religious nature involving the Agency and performance of duties in the community

18. Act as liaison with local ministerial or religious groups and on matters pertaining to the moral, spiritual, and religious welfare of police personnel