Suicides in the police

More than 100 police officers killed themselves in a year... Yet mental health issues in the police force are still a taboo.

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00:00This past Friday evening, we had one of our deputies, Derrick Fish, commit suicide.

00:15He parks his tow car in the back, and he used a surface weapon to take his life.

00:30He was shot in the head by a police officer.

00:35He was taken to the hospital.

00:40He was taken to the hospital.

00:45He was taken to the hospital.

00:50He was taken to the hospital.

00:55He was taken to the hospital.

01:00And we don't have an answer.

01:05He didn't leave a note.

01:10He didn't communicate with anybody.

01:15We're all struggling to try to understand why.