A typical law enforcement officer suffers 800 traumas in one career. A typical civilian suffers only five traumas.
-- More than 125 police officers nationwide have died by suicide this year – and nine of those deathsPreventing those deaths is the reason behind an organization funded by two retired law enforcement agents, who were in Chicago on Tuesday.
"After two suicide attempts, getting well, getting back into law enforcement – I knew that I couldn't keep what happened to myself," Horwitz said. "We don't open up to just anybody, so it's easier to open up to a peer member," said Metra Police Capt. Danny Zapata. Sometimes, that wait lasts two months. So something like the forum set up by"A Badge of Honor" can be a lifeline.
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