ANOTHER SUICIDE: A veteran NYPD cop shot himself in the head in his Queens home Wednesday evening. The officer worked for the NYPD for more than 20 years. This is the EIGHTH suicide in the NYPD this year.— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) August 14, 2019
I wonder how this suicide rate compares to other years. There were 35,000 cops in NY in 2004, only info I saw in a quick search.
I remember learning in a criminology class in about ‘73 that 69 NY cops had been terminated the prior year because they were heroin addicts.
This tweet says the 8th NYPD cop, but comments are pointing out that it’s the 9th one, that this account (NYScanner) tweeted the 8th one yesterday. Here’s a link to that tweet on Aug. 13 about the 8th one: https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/1161266730817196033
ANOTHER SUICIDE: A veteran NYPD cop shot himself in the head in his Queens home Wednesday evening. The officer worked for the NYPD for more than 20 years. This is the EIGHTH suicide in the NYPD this year.— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) August 14, 2019
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Oh how very sad, HoneysuckleTN - thank you for the information.