The Police Suicide Prevention Center

"To Save One Life"

URGENT: IF YOU ARE THINKING OF SUICIDE, CLICK HERE

IF YOU NEED HELP FOR SOMEONE ELSE WHO MAY BE SUICIDAL, CLICK HERE

Links to General Suicide Information in Other Languages from Befrienders International (WWW.SUICIDEINFO.ORG) (Not Affiliated with the Police Suicide Prevention Center)

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Police Suicide: The Quiet Killer

Suicide is the quiet killer in law enforcement. In many years, more police officers have killed themselves than have been killed by criminals. Many officers and agencies consider suicide to be "weak," or "the coward's way out." Often, because of the shame and stigma attached to suicide, the friends and family of officers who have killed themselves are ashamed or embarrassed to talk about it. This page will talk about suicide frankly, and simply. Our purpose is:

• to help prevent suicide
• to help the families and friends of officers who have committed suicide
• to help agencies set up training and policies to help prevent suicide, and to help the colleagues, friends, and families of officers who do commit suicide

Many of us are uncomfortable talking about suicide. Some of us may also feel, for religious or moral reasons, that suicide is wrong or sinful. The purpose of this site is not to judge or condemn anyone, but to help them.

Every law enforcement officer, trainer, supervisor, and executive needs to know about suicide. Every law enforcement agency needs to tell its employees, and every law enforcement union needs to tell its members, about suicide, and what resources are available to help officers with their problems. 

• Please click on the links below for more information about:

Warning signs of suicide

Myths about suicide

Depression, a leading cause of suicide

If someone you know has committed suicide

Setting up a suicide prevention program for your department

Training materials on police suicide

Links to other sites with information on suicide/stress/mental  health 

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IMPORTANT NOTE: nothing on this web page or any other web page by the Police Suicide Prevention Center, or in any link or other web page linked to a Police Suicide Prevention Center Web Page, constitutes medical, psychiatric, or psychological advice or treatment, or legal advice. Nothing in such web pages or links is intended to replace such advice or treatment. Links to, or references to, other organizations do not necessarily imply that the Police Suicide Prevention Center endorses those organizations, or that those organizations endorse the Police Suicide Prevention Center.  

NIE 06/18/2007