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LAPD Mourns Suicide of Veteran Narcotics Detective

Officers throughout the Los Angeles Police Department grieved Tuesday as news spread that a veteran detective had killed herself in the lobby of an L.A. County Sheriff's Department station Monday night.

July 7, 2009

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Suicide is Not Painless

Killing yourself is an act of emotional violence against your friends and family.

April 30, 2003

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Police Suicide: Eating a Gun

Why do cops almost always choose guns as the way to take their lives? Cops are familiar with guns.

April 30, 2003

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Police Suicide: Survivor Stories

Judith Gentry’s husband Tom killed himself six years ago in their bedroom. A trained ICU nurse, Gentry’s no stranger to the stress and trauma of emergencies, but when she heard a gunshot and found her husband dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, she called a girlfriend instead of dialing 911.

April 30, 2003

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Police Suicide: Cop Killer

Everything has just gone to hell since the internal affairs investigation. And nothing makes sense anymore. So John takes out his off-duty piece, an old wheel gun. He sits down on the bed, puts one in the cylinder, snaps it shut, and stares down at the blued metal machinery in his hand. The world around him is very quiet as he starts to raise the weapon to his head.

April 30, 2003

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Police Suicides: Losing Yourself

While many see the suicide as an admission of guilt, experts say it's more likely caused by an officer's fear of losing his or her badge, his or her identity as a cop.

April 30, 2003