The police department that you work for has had two officer suicides in the past six months and a total of four in the last two years. The chief has asked you to help draft a policy that will help...

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Increase in suicide rates among police officials.
Reasons why officers are at a higher risk of suicide than the general public.
They deal with evil people mostly.
Their job is to catch the bad guy, which requires their involvement with the bad guy.
They see innocent people dying.
They analyze reasons and causes of unnatural death and murder.
Officers are the ones dealing with evil stuff every day and it effects their mental health tremendously. This is why officers have a high risk of committing suicide.
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Reasons why officers are at a higher risk of suicide than the general public.
They deal with rather psychotic criminals and serial killers.
They always suspect the worst in people which involves a lot of negativity.
Five recommendations on how to reduce the likelihood of officer suicides.
Communication is the key to most problems. Open communication may also help in this case.
Keeping their mental health in check by providing free psychological therapies.
Eliminating the stigma about mental health in a rather male dominated department.
Monitoring mental wellness.
Suicide warning signs.
Communication and bonding helps people to know each other better. When we get to know each other better we know what on their minds and the people around us become a little bit more predictable. That is how we can be alerted when we suspect suicidal thoughs going on in their minds.
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Justification of suggestions.
Communication is the key to solving problems. Open communication may lead to finding out the solution to a deep rooted stigma involving mental health and each and every step can be considered a success if we make this work because even one life is important and...