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Suicide Kills More LA Cops Than Criminals

Grim nature of job biggest hazard for officers

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 26, 2008 5:59 AM CDT

(Newser) – Cops in Los Angeles are more likely to die by their own hand than from a criminal's bullet, the Los Angeles Times reports. Psychologists trying to improve the LAPD's suicide prevention efforts found that 19 police officers in the city killed themselves between 1998 and...   Read full story »

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