Mother of Parma officer shares daughter's story for mental health and suicide awareness

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Kandice Straub News

Mental Health,Parma Officer,Suicide

Reporter at News 5 Cleveland

NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio — Officer Kandice Straub, the first woman on the Parma Police SWAT team, took her own life six weeks ago.

"She texts this to me: 'Remember mom about how we used to joke about me making SWAT?' I said, 'Yeah.' She sent me her letter that she was accepted," Karla said."The whole mental health issue thing, there is such a stigma— it's too powerful— it shouldn't be. It just should not be that powerful," Karla said."I just wish she would have reached out. She knew we were there. She knew her friends were there.

"It's going to be a long journey for everybody, but I feel that wherever Kandice is now that she's still going to guide us and be with us through all of this," Karla said.

 

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