A fourth NYPD officer dies by suicide this month

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The 53-year-old officer died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his Hicksville, New York, home on Wednesday night, police said

A fourth New York City police officer has killed himself this month, New York police said Thursday. It's the latest death in what the city's top cop has called a"mental-health crisis."

On June 14, after a"promising 29-year-old police officer with six years on the job" died behind the Staten Island precinct where he worked, Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill appealed to members of the nation's largest police force to seek help. "This is a mental-health crisis. And we -- the NYPD and the law enforcement profession as a whole -- absolutely must take action," O'Neill said in a statement."This cannot be allowed to continue.

— Commissioner O'Neill June 15, 2019 O'Neill asked members to"connect yourself or your friends and colleagues to the assistance that is so close by. We must take care of each other. We must address the issue -- now --- because it will not go away on its own. We must speak out. And we must end this crisis, together."Commissioner's open letter Earlier this month, the commissioner made a similar appeal in an open letter he sent to members of the his department.

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Insane.. An evaluation of the remaining officers is in order.. Preventitive (Suicide), proactivity can save another life.. How can you explain this?

My gut feeling seems to be telling me that something isn’t adding up here. Regardless, my condolences to all of their families. No one should ever feel like suicide is the only way out.

Well when you sign up to HELP this country but are portrayed viciously by liberal media as being the “enemy”, it’s understandable why their mental health isn’t all the well. People like shaunking & aoc are responsible for tricking people into thinking they’re the bad guys.

Put armed guards in front of police officers Official response by your friends at the NRA

why are so many people committing suicide?! we've lost enough people already

ALL first responders need true support: physical and mental. Civilians have absolutely NO idea.

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this country is toxic and needs demolition and total rebuild

haha damn

finally some good news

They have done things with which they cannot live. It is a shame that more police officers do not have such a conscience.

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