Stop Law Enforcement Suicides Now!

Man Therapy-Suicide Warning SignsSeptember is National Suicide Prevention Month and this week is Suicide Prevention Week. Let’s stem the tide of law enforcement officer suicides together. Watch for these signs and learn more from our partners at mantherapy.org

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Do you have a suicide prevention program in your agency?

Well, you no longer have an excuse for not having a program. With a video produced by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the Working Minds Program and the Carson J Spencer Foundation, and our CopsAlive.com roll call discussion guide you can create a ready made program the moment you finish reading this page. Get all the resources you need for free at www.CopsAlive.com/SuicidePrevention

Here Are Some Other Resources To Help You:…

National Police Suicide Foundation
The National Police Suicide Foundation’s dedicated mission is to provide training programs on suicide awareness and prevention, that establish a standard of care and promote employee wellness for law enforcement and military and for all emergency first responders. Learn more at: http://www.psf.org/

Safe Call Now is the crisis hotline specifically for first responders at 1–206–459–3020.
Safe Call Now provides public safety employees, all emergency services personnel and their family members nationwide with a simple and confidential way to ask for help. Staffed by officers, former law enforcement officers and public safety professionals, Safe Call Now is a safe place to turn to get help from individuals who understand the demands of a law enforcement career.

The Pain Behind the Badge
With a combined experience of over 5 decades in the First Responder/Trauma Field, Clarke and Tracie Paris are able to present the issue at hand in a manner that has never before been done. The law enforcement employees and First Responders who attend their seminar hear stories, learn about stress and how it affects their lives, and discover how and where to get help. And all in an attempt to reduce the #1 Cop Killer: SUICIDE.  Learn more at: http://thepainbehindthebadge.com/

National Center for PTSD run by the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs is dedicated to research and education on trauma and PTSD. They work to assure that the latest research findings help those exposed to trauma. Check it out: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/

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About Editor

John Marx was a Police Officer for twenty-three years and served as a Hostage Negotiator for nineteen of those years. He worked as a patrol officer, media liaison officer, crime prevention officer and burglary detective. Also during his career he served as administrator of his city's Community Oriented Governance initiative through the police department's Community Policing project. Today John combines his skills to consult with businesses about improving both their security and their customer service programs. John retired from law enforcement in 2002. When one of his friends, also a former police officer, committed suicide at age 38, John was devastated and began researching the problems that stress creates for police officers. He decided he needed to do something to help change those problems and he wanted to give something back to the profession that gave him so much. He started a project that has evolved into CopsAlive.com. Put simply, the mission of CopsAlive is to save the lives of those who save lives! CopsAlive.com gathers information, strategies and tools to help law enforcement professionals plan for happy, healthy and successful careers, relationships and lives.
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2 Comments

  1. No, not really. Some say they do, but it’s pretty hard to actually confirm that unless the moderator actually makes phone calls to confirm employment and that doesn’t actually confirm that the person on the other end of the internet is actually that employee.

  2. Do you know of any chat rooms, message boards, or forums for police, military, or first responders that have Moderators to confirm members are police, military, 1St repsonder recovery focused/delete abusive posts? I don’t need to join but I want to have a link to atleast one for my resources page.

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