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According to the Department of Justice, the suicide rate in the Chicago Police Department is 60 percent higher than the national average due to the chronic gun violence and high murder rate exposing officers to a staggering amount of trauma.
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For the third straight year, police officer suicides exceed all combined causes of line-of-duty deaths.
Read More →A deputy with the Pinellas County (FL) Sheriff's Office reportedly died by suicide early Saturday morning.
Read More →Detective Pablo Santiago, a well-known Mercer County sheriff's officer, was found dead inside the Mercer County Administration of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.
Read More →A deputy with the Hillsborough County (FL) Sheriff's Office has reportedly shot and killed his 54-year-old wife, his 32-year-old daughter, and his six-year-old granddaughter, and killed himself.
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The Mayor of Salisbury (MD) has ordered flags flown at half-staff after the off-duty death of Master Police Officer Aaron "Bull" Hudson in an apparent suicide.
Read More →A Baltimore County police officer working as a school resource officer at Eastern Technical High School in Essex, MD, fatally shot himself Monday, according to Baltimore County Police.
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I've talked with officers who have lost a colleague to suicide—as well as many widows of officers who died by suicide—and just about everyone has said that the warning signs were there before tragedy struck. They just didn't put the pieces together until it was too late. Let's all do a better job of helping officers in crisis.
Read More →A California Highway Patrol officer from the South Sacramento office was found dead Tuesday night, officials said Thursday morning.
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Following the deaths by suicide of three Chicago police officers, the department is looking at ways to more successfully address mental and emotional health of its officers.
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