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How many police suicides are work related, due to the stresses and traumas of the job?

April 26, 2017Job police stresses suicides traumas

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How many police suicides are work related, due to the stresses and traumas of the job?

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A. Police chiefs say none (read Line of Duty Suicides for more on this). One very tentative estimate based on 2008 police suicides suggests a minimum of 33 percent may be attributable to police-related trauma, but so much information is hidden that it’s impossible to verify.