The name of the Tulare officer will not be released at this time to respect the privacy of his family. The Tulare County Sheriff's Office is currently investigating the suicide.
The officer jumped from an apartment complex adjacent to the building housing the NYPD Medical Division, where physical and mental evaluations are conducted.
ashley we are in trying times. and as i heard in the interviews you just had, some say dying times with the violence taking place. i work in los angeles as a police officer, and what is going on there is what s going on here in chicago and throughout the nation. these are times we have to call on leadership. we have to get and do what is right for the people. it is simple, they need to get in and say this is unacceptable, b.s., tell them like it is. this is my city, this is my state, whatever that may be, get in there and do what you have to do. we don t have that right now, ashley. ashley: in reference to the police suicide they are now calling this time of year suicide season for the police. that is no joke. that is coming directly from the police officers. but a study shows the young men in chicago and philly more likely to be shot and killed than afghanistan and iraq wars. those are two major cities.