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IN 2017
More police officers and firefighters died of suicide than line-of-duty deaths in 2017.*
**Ruderman White Paper on Mental Health and Suicide of First Responders by Miriam Heyman, PhDJeff Dill, MA, NBCC Robert Douglas, DCC April 2018: First Responder White Paper_Final by Ed Praetorian on Scribd
Develop PTSD
Studies show 30% of first responders develop depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).**
**Abbot, C., Barber, E., Burke, B., Harvey, J., Newland, C., Rose, M., & Young, A. (2015). What’s killing our medics? Ambulance Service Manager Program. Conifer, CO: Reviving Responders. Retrieved from http://www. revivingresponders.com/originalpaper
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physical health problems
25-30% of Police Officers have stress-based physical health problems.