[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] The next day, it was a veteran homicide detective who had talked dozens of people out of killing themselves. A week later, it was a young patrolman handling domestic violence cases and going through a divorce. Then on Wednesday, a veteran officer was found dead at his home on Long Island. Since 2014, an average of five New York City police officers have taken their own lives each year, according to the Police Department.

Source: New York Times June 27, 2019 16:33 UTC