Tag: Family

After so long on the job, police officers tend to lose themselves to it. It is never something they intend to do and it sure doesn’t feel like something they ...

A NYPD detective committed suicide at his Queens home on Monday, according to sources.

As a cop, I live for my days off.  And when I finally get to my first off day—the day that I had planned to take on the world, Walmart, ...

There is no doubt we see the absolute worst that society has to offer. We live in a world, where we potentially enter a new nightmare with every break of ...

Middle of the night. Dead asleep. I struggle to reorient myself as the call comes in and I’m forced to snap back to into reality. It’s his watch commander from ...

Home Is Where Healing Begins - It is more than a slogan. It is the Serve & Protect philosophical approach to addressing emotional wellness for public safety professionals and their ...

When police officers suit up, they put on their ballistic vests for protection.  It’s not that we know who the enemy will be that day, but we want to be ...

This article will assist us in understanding the signs and symptoms associated with someone contemplating suicide or exhibiting behaviors associated with self-harm, any of which may be detrimental to one’s ...

I’ve entered a season in life where I’ve become very aware of the word lonely and how it affects me. Loneliness in reality is being married to a police officer working ...

It was a shock when I heard it years ago and the sting remains every single time i hear the words. Just last week, I asked a teenager to tell ...