More than 1,200 officers died by suicide in the seven-year period studied.
More than 1,200 of the nation's public safety personnel died by suicide over a seven-year period, according to a report released by a nonprofit organization that tracks law enforcement suicides.
"Future analyses of these data can deepen our understanding of the factors associated with suicide among public safety personnel and facilitate comparisons of suicide rates across various geographies, states, races, sexes, and age groups, as well as with other industries," the report said. "Despite reviewing the comments in the data, analysts found no specific reason for this increase," the report said of the spike in 2019.
"These large agencies represent merely 10.8 percent of all law enforcement agencies and correctional facilities nationwide, but account for 61 percent of suicides among publish safety personnel," the report said. The majority of the officers were actively serving at the time of their suicides, but a "significant portion" -- 17% -- were retired law enforcement, according to the report.Southern states account for 33% of the studied suicides, followed by Northeastern states with 25%, the West with 21% and the Midwest with 20%.
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