Nationally, 140 law enforcement officers committed suicide in 2008, and 143 killed themselves in 2009. In 2012, there were 126 suicides, according to a study by Badge of Life, a group of mostly retired officers working to raise awareness of dangers posed by police stress. The small number of suicides doesnt show the depth of the problem among the roughly 875,000 law enforcement officers nationwide, said Badge of Life chairman Ron Clark. He estimates that one in eight officers has PTSD symptoms.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:06:36 +0000
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