Police have been quitting in droves in the last year

Re:Police have been quitting in droves in the last year by busterarm on Thursday June 24, 2021 @09:59AM (#27617520)

Police are in the top 5 in suicide rates. As are construction workers.

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Re:Police have been quitting in droves in the last year by Hamuko on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:08AM (#27617687)

I don't really know what that represents other than stress. Your average veterinarian is as likely to kill herself as your average police officer is to kill himself.

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Re:Police have been quitting in droves in the last year by 9wzYQbTYsAIc on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:56AM (#27618530)

Citation?

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Re:Police have been quitting in droves in the last year by Hamuko on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:57AM (#27618548)

http://www.zeroattempts.org/suicide-professions.html

There's also a TED talk about suicide among veterinarians: https://youtu.be/objP3E625Xo

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Re:Police have been quitting in droves in the last year by 9wzYQbTYsAIc on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:15AM (#27618832)

Unbeknownst to me, veterinarians are indeed in the top 11 job types at risk for suicide.

Teachers are not, however. Why do veterinarians and police kill themselves more than teachers do?

Stress like you mentioned, yes, but the psychology research seems to point to suicide as a poor coping skill, so it could be argued that a failure in supporting employees in building their coping skills is a contributing factor.

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