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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 5, 2015

Video: Phoenix Officer Fights to Bring Service Dog to Work

Phoenix Officer Scott Sefranka is documenting his struggle with the City of Phoenix to bring his service dog to work after he was injured in the line of duty.

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PTSD: Breaking the Silence

We may think we can control our grief, our terror, or our shame by remaining silent, but naming offers the possibility of a different kind of control.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 17, 2014

Phoenix Unions Call for No Confidence Vote Against Chief After Former Officer's Suicide

Officials from the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association and the Phoenix Police Sergeants and Lieutenants Association say the death of former Officer Craig Tiger was symptomatic of a larger pattern of low morale among rank-and-file officers and a culture of "tyrannical" leadership by Garcia.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 29, 2014

Video: Treating PTSD Still Issue for Police

Mental health experts say post-traumatic stress disorder is a very real concern in first responders. Getting officers to talk about how their experiences on the street affect them is a challenge.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 17, 2014

Retired Mountie Kills Himself 6 Years After Responding to Bus Beheading

Tim McLean was stabbed, mutilated and beheaded by Vince Li, who was later found not criminally responsible because of mental illness.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 27, 2014

PTSD a Workers' Comp Issue For New Jersey Police

Police officers in New Jersey are allowed to assert PTSD as a workers' compensation claim, but it is not that way in many states.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2014

Ct. Public Employee PTSD Bill Clears Senate

In legislation approved 18-5 that next heads to the House floor and other committees, teachers, emergency medical personnel, state and local police, and firefighters would be able to file claims for mental-health counseling following post-traumatic stress diagnoses by board-certified psychiatrists or psychologists.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 11, 2013

Albuquerque SWAT Standoff Triggered by Former Marine Marksman

Albuquerque police said Jason Kerns, 37, fled the scene of a crash on southbound Interstate 25 north of the Big I in a Hummer sport-utility vehicle around 7:30 p.m. Friday, and a police officer pulled him over on the south-to-east flyover ramp a half-hour later.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 30, 2013

DEA to Pay $4.1M to Student Left In Holding Cell

The Drug Enforcement Administration has agreed to pay $4.1 million to a college student mistakenly left in a holding cell for five days who had sued the agency.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 7, 2013

Conn. Lawmakers Create Sandy Hook Responder Fund

A unified legislature on Wednesday established a special fund to help Newtown responders who suffered psychological issues related to the killing of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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