Reading Eagle: Researcher quoted on police and suicide

An article in the Reading Eagle about police work and suicide quotes John Violanti, research associate professor of social and preventive medicine, who says an officer is eight times more likely to commit suicide than to be killed in the line of duty. The article also reports that since retiring as a New York trooper, Violanti has devoted his life to studying the stress and trauma of the job, trying to bring attention to the potential damage to a police officer's mental health.