In 2013, John was divorced, had a five year old son and was struggling with alcoholism. Luckily, he had a department that believed in him and his abilities

We all hear the term “aftermath”, but what does it really mean? For people like Jeff, it means that there are few who understand the world you now live in.

Here was a guy out defending the public, upholding the law, in one of the most admirable professions and he was going to talk to me about his shooting.

Neither Aaron Hernandez nor Robin Williams define suicide. They are sensational stories of the day.

13 days, 9 officers dead. Their pictures aren’t going viral, the internet is not outraged, and it’s not newsworthy.

Emma lost Steve long before he physically died, it’s one of the things she struggles with daily.

This column continues the conversation about law enforcement suicide – and the story of three officers whose lives intersected for less than hour but were changed forever.

While we have generally reliable data each year on the numbers of Americans who have died by their own hand, the ability to identify those suicides that occurred among first responders are not readily identified as a subset of all...

Not surprisingly, the method of death for 92% of the suicides was gunfire.