In December alone, 20 officers died by suicide, whereas only 10 line-of-duty deaths were reported. Because the federal government does not mandate the reporting of officer suicides, Blue H.E.L.P. “We know there are other tragic deaths by suicide that we don’t know about,” said Steven Hough, co-founder of Blue H.E.L.P. Blue H.E.L.P. “There is very little money being spent to reduce the numbers of officer suicides,” said Karen Solomon, president and co-founder of Blue H.E.L.P.

Source: Huffington Post January 02, 2019 21:33 UTC