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Tag: Officer Suicide: Page 2
Patrol
DC Officer's Post Capitol Riot Suicide Ruled Duty Death
A former D.C. chief medical examiner said in an earlier review that there was “a direct cause and effect relationship between the line of duty work trauma on Jan. 6 and Jeffrey Smith’s death,” adding that Smith had “no prior history of depression, mental health issues or mental health treatment.”
March 10, 2022
Patrol
Integrating Suicide Prevention into More Areas of Law Enforcement Training
In recent years, there has been a greater effort on the part of law enforcement agencies to address mental health and emotional wellbeing and suicide prevention, but more remains to be done.
February 28, 2022
Patrol
Two FL Deputies at Same Agency Die from Suicide
Sheriff Ken Mascara announced the deaths of Deputy Clayton Osteen and Deputy Victoria Pacheco on Tuesday.
January 5, 2022
Patrol
2021 in Review: Rising Crime, COVID Rules, and Court Cases
With just hours remaining until we ring in 2022, it's time for our annual retrospective on the year that was 2021—and what a year it was.
December 31, 2021
Patrol
Retired NC Officer Bikes Thousands of Miles for Police Suicide Awareness
Retired Sergeant Christopher Lowrance’s journey started in May when he flew to Astoria, OR, and began the bike ride back to North Carolina. After months of sleeping in a hammock, eating ramen noodles and spending a lot of time alone, Lowrance returned home Sunday.
August 3, 2021
Command
Chicago Police Hire Mental Health Advisor to Address Officer Suicides
The announcement comes less than a week after 38-year-old Officer Jeffrey Troglia fatally shot himself in the basement of his Mount Greenwood home. Days earlier, another officer, 47-year-old James Daly, killed himself at the Town Hall police station on the North Side.
March 11, 2021
Patrol
Families Seek Duty Death Status for Officers who Died from Suicide After Capitol Riot
Officers Jeffrey Smith's and Howard Liebengood's families say they deserve line of duty recognition because they believe the officers would be alive today if the Jan. 6 riot did not occur.
February 16, 2021
Patrol
Suicides of DC-Area Officers Call Attention to Effects of Riots on Police
Since George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis and the volatile demonstrations that followed in cities across the country, “the occupation has been under tremendous scrutiny by the public,” said John Violanti, a research professor at the University of Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions.
February 12, 2021
Patrol
Second DC Officer who Responded to Capitol Riot Dies of Suicide
A second police officer who responded to the U.S. Capitol riot has died by suicide, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Acting Chief Robert J. Contee told Congress Tuesday.
January 27, 2021
Patrol
Capitol Officer who Worked Riot Dies of Suicide
Howard Liebengood, 51, who went by “Howie,” had been an officer guarding the Capitol since 2005. The agency did not list a cause of when it announced Liebengood’s death, but a spokesman for the family confirmed Monday that he died by suicide and had been on duty at the Capitol on Wednesday
January 11, 2021
Patrol
End of Year: Seeing 2020 in Hindsight
Looking one more time at the highs and lows of the year that was… 2020 and seeing perhaps more clearly today than on those days that comprised the year.
December 30, 2020
Patrol
Vermont Officer Shoots Woman, then Dies by Suicide
An officer with the Berlin (VT) Police Department reportedly shot a female acquaintance and then turned the gun on himself, dying by suicide at the scene on Monday afternoon.
October 13, 2020
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