police suicide

Suicide by a police officer.

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A Senate report last year announced the French police suicide rate was 36% higher than the rate for France's general population, but also uncovered no single reason behind the suicides.

Report: French Police Suicide Rate Climbs

President Donald Trump recently signed a bill authorizing up to $7.5 million in grant funding a year for police suicide prevention efforts, mental health screenings and training to identify officers at risk.

Police departments confront 'epidemic' in officer suicides

During National Police Week, the United States Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation Senator Hassan cosponsored to help prevent police suicide. The Supporting and Treating Officers in Crisis, which was introduced by Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) aims to address suicide within the law enforcement community.

United States : U.S. Senate Unanimously Passes Bipartisan Legislation Cosponsored by Senator Hassan to Prevent Police Suicide

However, the slim volume is not a white paper on police suicide. At its core it is a revealing, courageous and insightful record of Cahill's soul-fractured life following the suicide of his son, John Francis Cahill.

Grace author shares story of son's suicide

Read: (http://www.ibtimes.com/whats-happening-chicago-police-suicide-rate-war-zone-60-percent-higher-average-2535211) Police Suicide Rate In Chicago Is 60 Percent Higher Than National Average

Miami, DC And Other Cities Outrank Chicago In Gun Violence

A meta-analysis of police suicide rates: findings and issues.

Suicide rates by occupational group--17 states, 2012

Police Suicide: Is Police Culture Killing Our Officers?

(1) A 2009 study by the New Jersey Police Suicide Task Force found that correctional officers had double the suicide rate of police officers.

Preventing suicide in correctional officers

ySTANBUL (CyHAN)- Eight leading members of Turkey's embattled police union were fired from the national police force on Tuesday, a move which the union's president said was part of a "witch hunt" against the group and its campaign to end "inhuman working conditions," a spiking police suicide rate and other long-standing work issues.

Police union leaders fired in internal 'witch hunt' amid Gezi arrests

On the edge; recent perspectives on police suicide.

On the edge; recent perspectives on police suicide

David's book Poverty Cops "Inner Darkness" is an attempt to drive home the fact that police suicide is real and not imaginative.

Former Chief's New Book "Poverty Cops" Inner Darkness Aims to Help Cops Suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (P.T.S.D)

The police suicide rate per 100,000 individuals is double that of the general public.