According to BlueH.E.L.P.—an organization that tracks officer suicides while simultaneously seeking to prevent such tragedies from occurring—158 officers died by suicide in 2018. the number of officers dying by suicide in 2017 was 154. POLICE Contributing Web Editor Doug Wyllie sits down with Nick Greco, who sits on the BlueH.E.L.P. Board of Directors, to discuss how agencies can prevent such tragedies and do a better job of supporting the families of officers who died by suicide.
(Video) Mitigating Police Officer Suicide
Nick Greco, who sits on the BlueH.E.L.P. Board of Directors, discusses how agencies can prevent officer suicides and do a better job of supporting the families of officers who died by suicide.
