NYPD in Crisis: Tragic Rash of Police Suicides

The sister of Robert Echeverria says she begged police for help months before his suicide, saying he was a threat to himself and others. NBC 4 New York’s George Spencer reports

A rash of suicides by police officers has shaken the New York Police Department, leading the commissioner to declare a mental health emergency and highlighting the problem of untreated depression among law enforcement officers nationwide.

In another tragedy for the NYPD, a veteran police officer died by suicide in his Queens home Wednesday evening, police said — the seventh member of the force to do so in the last 10 weeks and the second in just two days.

A fifth NYPD officer has died by suicide in the last two months, escalating a recent crisis that has caused all levels of police leadership to speak out on the need for cops to look after their mental health and that of their colleagues.

Amid rising concerns about police officer suicides, an unprecedented survey by the News 4 New York I-Team has found there’s a startling need for mental health services that’s not being met.

A sixth NYPD officer has died by suicide in the last two months, escalating a recent crisis that has caused all levels of police leadership to speak out on the need for cops to look after their mental health and that of their colleagues.

New York City’s top cop is asking members of the NYPD to seek help if they need it in the wake of the suicides of two officers in less than 24 hours.

A fourth NYPD officer has died by suicide in the last three weeks, escalating a recent crisis that has caused all levels of police leadership to speak out on the need for cops to look after their mental health and that of their colleagues.

A well-known, well-respected NYPD deputy chief took his own life Wednesday after spending nearly four decades serving New York City

The NYPD is confronting a crisis, with nine suicides so far in 2019, including seven since the start of June. (The department historically averages four to five a year.)

Fear of ending one’s career is the main reason officers don’t come forward with issues of mental health, which the NYPD Commissioner has acknowledged

An NYPD officer died after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot to the head outside a Staten Island stationhouse on Friday

A missing NYPD homicide detective has been found dead in an apparent suicide, according to law enforcement