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Suicide.
Another officer from the capitol has been reported to have died by suicide.

This is significant&we need to be talking abt.Silence is stigmatizing.

We need to talk abt trauma.We need to talk abt moral injury. We need to talk abt going into your job& not being supported to do it.
We need to talk abt what it means to be someone who “protects&serves” &isn’t given protection yourself or the support to serve.

We need to talk about being a “hero” and then seen as failing. Or being a hero and then being the “enemy.”

We need to talk abt politics being toxic.
We need to talk abt stigma&mental health&vulnerability& what it means to ask for help in police & other frontline workers. Especially in men.

We need to talk abt access to care& services especially right after a mass trauma like the capitol attacks.

Who is checking in on them?
Oh. &, I’m not rt’ing the article because it uses “committed suicide”

The @washingtonpost is one of the best papers in the country and knows better.

If they need a refresher let @lindsaygholmes explain it: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mental-health-language-committed-suicide_l_5aeb53ffe4b0ab5c3d6344ab/amp. She always knows.

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