Probes of police can trigger cop suicides, experts say

An article in Newsday about the role internal police investigations can play in officers’ suicides interviews John Violanti, research professor of epidemiology and environmental health in the School of Public Health and Health Professions, who said sometimes just the fact that a cop is questioned in an investigation may be unsettling enough to push the officer to suicide. “It is a dispiriting thing for officers to have to go through these things, regardless of whether they are innocent or guilty,” he said. The article also appeared on Officer.com.

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http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/probes-of-police-can-trigger-cop-suicides-experts-say-1.11829231

http://www.officer.com/news/12210803/experts-probes-of-police-can-trigger-suicides