How many police suicides are there each year?
A. There are between 130 – 150 police suicides each year. These numbers are the result of two years of study. There is no reason to exaggerate them. They are high enough. For more details, read the Police Suicide Study 2008 – 2009. Two to three times as many officers commit suicide than are killed by the guns of felons (emphasis–not “than die in the line of duty!”) For more on some of the mythology on police suicide numbers that run as high as 300, 400 and even 800, go to POLICE SUICIDE MYTHS.
