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July 6, 2021
Law enforcement officers respond to suicide and fatal calls regularly, and it takes a toll.
“The average person doesn’t see and deal with the things that we see on a regular basis, so there is a cumulative affect to seeing that trauma and seeing those types of images,” said Sgt. Jason Mitzel of the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office. “There is a cumulative PTSD that is accrued over time, and if we don’t deal with that, then certainly that can also lead to law enforcement who may think about committing suicide as well.”
Rapid City agencies have put an increased focus on the overall health and well-being of officers, to include the addition of a wellness program, peer support team, and agency psychologist.
Person who killed this rare snake named Rocky is now a felon, Georgia officials say Mark Price, The Charlotte Observer
Mar. 3 The killing of a seemingly insignificant black snake in the Georgia wilderness is being investigated as a full-on felony case that could land the culprit in prison.
Rocky yes, this snake had a name was an endangered Eastern indigo participating in a state study that tracked his every slither via a transponder, according to the University of Georgia s Coastal Ecology Lab.
That s how experts know he s dead. Rocky was poached illegally Feb. 17 on state land, the lab said in a Feb. 27 Facebook post. Details of how he died were not released and the location is being kept secret.