The COPS Office partnered with the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) to sponsor the Breaking the Silence: A National Symposium on Law Enforcement Officer Suicide and Mental Health in the summer of 2013. The strategies outlined in this publication provide a road map for police departments seeking to include officer mental wellness as a core element of officer safety and well-being and to mitigate the threat of officer death by suicide. These strategies are designed to prevent the destructive effects of emotional trauma, mental illness, and officer deaths by suicide on a police community; to successfully intervene when officers confront mental health crises, mental illness, or suicidal behavior; and to provide effective event response protocols when an officer dies by suicide in an agency. Revised 2017.
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