A third New York Police Department officer died of an apparent suicide on Friday just days after two other members of the force took their own lives, prompting the police commissioner to declare that there is a “mental health crisis” in the ranks.
A senior NYPD official told The Daily Beast that the officer, who is part of a domestic violence unit, was found around 3:50 p.m. in the parking lot of the 121st Precinct on Staten Island, minutes before he was set to start his 4 p.m. to midnight shift. The officer’s death comes after two veteran NYPD officers, a respected chief who was set to retire and an experienced detective, died by suicide over a two-day period last week.
I really think that a lot of these suicides are the results of guilty consciouses. It is sad that many are tormented year after year and then finally just end it. Too bad detectives 'force' these poor officers to lie or encourage them to concoct the truth.
Since the law won't allow them to kill unarmed citizens with no accountability anymore, I guess they're frustrated.