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For Third Straight Year, Police Suicides Outnumber Line-Of-Duty Deaths
Law enforcement agencies across the country lost at least 159 officers to suicide in 2018.
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The suicide fatalities include 151 men and eight women. The average age was 41, with an average length of service of 15 years.
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Because the federal government does not mandate the reporting of officer suicides, Blue H.E.L.P. must obtain and verify raw data from a number of sources, including individual law enforcement agencies and surviving family members.
“We know there are other tragic deaths by suicide that we don’t know about,” said Steven Hough, co-founder of Blue H.E.L.P. “So as bad a number as we have this year, we’re saddened by the fact that we know in reality the number is higher.”
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- HuffPost
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The suicide fatalities include 151 men and eight women. The average age was 41, with an average length of service of 15 years.
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Because the federal government does not mandate the reporting of officer suicides, Blue H.E.L.P. must obtain and verify raw data from a number of sources, including individual law enforcement agencies and surviving family members.
“We know there are other tragic deaths by suicide that we don’t know about,” said Steven Hough, co-founder of Blue H.E.L.P. “So as bad a number as we have this year, we’re saddened by the fact that we know in reality the number is higher.”
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- HuffPost
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