Published July 20. 2021 5:16PM
Clarence Page
Police suicides remind us that our folks in blue get the blues, too to a deadly degree
Reports of the recent death of a Chicago police officer from a self-inflicted gunshot reminded me of a sadly startling statistic: Police in recent years have been more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty.
That s according to Blue H.E.L.P., a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that tracks police suicides. Since the organization relies mainly on information submitted by current and retired officers, spokesmen say, the true totals are likely higher and tend to grow as more information is submitted and verified.
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