After an admirable 30-year career in law enforcement, David Colegrove appeared ready for retirement. Yet, less than three months after turning in his badge, David tragically committed suicide after battling with the emotional toll his job took on his mental health.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â David Colegrove seemed ready to have a happy and fulfilling retirement. After eight years as a St. Louis area police officer and another 22 years as a federal agent in Kansas City, Colegrove had set up his own business. But a few months after retiring as a law enforcement officer in September 2014, he took his own life. I think he carried a tremendous amount of stress and trauma that went unprocessed, Kim Colegrove, Davidâs widow, said. I definitely believe that the eight years in a patrol car did more damage than anything else in his life.
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