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How Best Protect Your Force Against Officer Suicide

May 2017
John Violanti, Research Professor at Buffalo, discusses the importance of making police departments aware that officer suicide is a problem. According to Violanti, police officers have a significantly higher rate of suicide than the general public. Reasons for this higher risk include the accumulative effects of trauma and stress.

Violanti describes steps police agencies are taking to help police officers, including teaching recruits what they may experience on the job.

TECHBeat, May 2016

Journal
Techbeat
Date Published
May 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Description, Issue Overview