Cops Alive | Careers, stress and health - survival

Police Officer Suicides are becoming an epidemic. Over the last several years suicides by police officers have outnumbered the number of officers killed in the line of duty by 3 to 1. It is estimated that between 400 to 500 officers take their own lives each year.  This is a major problem and [...]

While working on the CopsAlive blog post “Successful Cop - Jeffery Hart“, I came across another interesting and successful police officer who is doing cool things to help you and your law enforcement agency create a successful Wellness Program.  I love it when a police officer is successful in his or her career and then [...]

Lt. Col. Jeffery Hart is the Assistant Chief of Police in Morganfield Kentucky, he is a successful cop and he is a lucky man. I came across Jeff’s story when I was researching the heart defect that took the life of Colorado Police Officer Nick Heine. See our blog on “Are You Planning [...]

Another good cop fell in the line of duty last week. Nicholas Heine was 30 year old, but he wasn’t killed by an assailant’s bullet nor was he stabbed or beaten.
Quoting from Nick Bonham of THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN “Nicholas “Nick” Heine, a seven-year veteran of the Pueblo Police Department and a decorated and well-liked [...]

When you really examine the side-effects of a law enforcement career on the men and women who take the oath, and don the badge, it’s kind of scary.
First examine the rate 100 to 200 officers who are killed in the line of duty, in the U.S. alone, each year. Then if you dig deeper, [...]