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Being a peace officer is often very hard to begin with. But now you have Democrats preventing you from enforcing politically unfashionable immigration laws or protecting politically unfashionable people attacked by Antifa thugs, and then, on top of it all, accusing you of racism to curry favor with race-baiting hucksters.
Ok, I want to be sympathetic...but am I the only one bothered that the guys with the badges and the guns have a problem dealing with stress? I do realize this is a small percentage of police, but suicidal thoughts are a mental illness and incompatible with having authority to include deadly force over others.
You can thank Black Lives Matter.
You can also thank politicians who think policework must be politically correct first and effective last.
Suicide by occupation top 5. From CBS:
Farmworkers, fishermen, lumberjacks, others in forestry or agriculture (85 suicides per 100,000).
Carpenters, miners, electricians, construction trades (53).
Mechanics and those who do installation, maintenance, repair (48).
Factory and production workers (35).
Architects, engineers (32).
Suicide by occupation from Business Insider (x higher than average worker):
Marine engineers (1.89X)
35 suicides
1,295 white male deaths
Medical Doctors (1.87X)
476 suicides
16,887 white male deaths
Dentists (1.67X)
148 suicides
6,274 white male deaths
Veterinarians (1.54X)
39 suicides
1,353 white male deaths
Financial services (1.51X)
170 suicides
4,562 white male deaths
Chiropractors (1.5X)
43 suicides
1,516 white male deaths
Construction / equipment supervisors (1.46X)
35 suicides
2,038 white male deaths
Urban planners / social scientists (1.43X)
148 suicides
3,068 white male deaths
Hand molders (1.39X)
48 suicides
2,084 white male deaths
Real estate sales (1.38X)
460 suicides
18,763 white male deaths
It’s a gut wrenching, thankless and sometimes heartless job. I did it for 24 years. If not for a a congenital spinal malformation I would still be doing it. I saw a number of fellow officers kill themselves. Some did it quick with a gun. Some did it slowly with a bottle or pills. Either way, they’re still dead. You have to find your own motivations to do the job, because you’re not gonna get a pat on the back very often. And you have to find a way to deal with the stress when it comes. I’m glad I did it. But I’m also glad I’m retired.
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Working for an arbitrary and capricious tyranny would depress anyone.
Police have enough problems without leftist politicians putting them in a hard place where they are not allowed to to the job they are supposed to.
Leftist media likewise interferes with police actions.