[Linda1956]

500 cops left town? Before or after they started committing suicide because they couldn't stand any more?

[razorback-bert]

It was 500 missing after the first muster, now they are saying 300 left.

[frannie]

One police officer killed himself because when he went home to check on his family, they were all dead.

Perhaps he was a good officer and blamed himself for trying to keep order for others, while his family was dying.