NYPD Suicides: Commissioner O’Neill Says Department Is Dealing With A ‘Mental Health Crisis’ – CBS New York

NYPD Suicides: Commissioner O’Neill Says Department Is Dealing With A ‘Mental Health Crisis’ – CBS New York: NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill recently sat down with CBS2’s Jessica Moore for one of his first interviews about officer suicides.

O’Neill said he knows his department is dealing with an epidemic.

“It is a mental health crisis in the NYPD,” he said. “We’ve had nine suicides so far this year. Prior to that, we average four to five per year for the last five years.”

A recent Department of Investigations report showed 44 of 174 retired NYPD officers said they considered getting help, but only two-thirds followed through.

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