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included
a poly-
An
alarming number of police of- ing process,
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graph and psychological evaluation.
ficers commit suicide.
And, there are far too many officers They had hopes of making a posi-
who are terminated for some act of tive difference in their community.
misconduct.
Often however, the nature of the
The vast majority of officers who job, including external operational
end up terminated were not innate- critical incidents and internal orga-
nizational challenges, fundamen-
ly corrupt.
tally changes many police officers.
They began their law enforcement
careers after passing a rigorous hir- Nevertheless, there is some hope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0ph4pnURNc&t=42s
(A 25-year veteran with the NYPD took his life, less than a day after another officer died by suicide.
Fmr Commissioner James O’Neill struggled with the news. Courtesy of CBS Evening News and
YouTube. Posted on Aug 15, 2019.)
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