According to nydailynews, The New York Police Deparment has lost four offices to suicide in early 2012.
A veteran NYPD officer shot himself dead on Long Island Monday, Nassau County police said. Matthew Schindler, 39, was the fourth NYPD officer to commit suicide this year. Nassau police said the officer was on his home after work when he pulled over on the Long Island Expressway near Exit 40 in Jericho about 4:30 p.m. Schindler, a 14-year veteran assigned to the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights, Queens, died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Nassau cops said. An NYPD source said Schlinder was married and had three children.
Officer Terrence Dean, 28, shot himself to death himself while on duty in the 111th Precinct on Jan. 19 after a phone call from his girlfriend.
Rookie cop Patrick Werner, 23, took his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his family home in Westchester County in January, a law enforcement source said.
Police Officer Brian Saar took his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his Long Island home earlier this month, law enforcement sources said.
Rule #1 at any profession, never let your personal problems inflict with your job/career. Let alone working for the gov't with a conceiled weapon 24/7. I'm not sure if RIP would be good during a circumstance like this. A selfish act of this kind, especially during duty when wearing that Police uniform to serve and protect innocent civilians at harms danger. Then we wonder why Police brutality "sometimes" get out of hand.
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