This is extraordinary, there has been a series of police officer suicides in a very short space of time;
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/s...al-no-21366795
"The death of Jamie Lynch, of Kilwinning, Ayrshire, follows that of four other officers since October – PC Natalie Faulds, 25, based at Baird Street police station in Glasgow, earlier this month; Detective Constable Gordon Gibson, 42, at Greenock Police Station last month, and Martin Mooney, 40, based in Stirling, was struck by a train in October.
The Record understands another officer, based in west Scotland, died suddenly in December. None of the deaths is believed to be suspicious."
So, it may even be 6 in three months. Reading some of the separate news stories makes for disturbing reading. One of the deaths involved the officer going to work and killing himself there.
In my 27 years in the job I knew one officer who killed herself and she had a known medical issue that was a major contributing factor.
Of course this could just be a statistical blip, but the police are under increasing pressure and there has been a lot of criticism of cuts to welfare services.
The news article is headlined; "Police Scotland 'don't know how many cops take their own lives' despite mounting toll".
The police may not know in that they do not have a searchable database that tells them how many have died. But they must be aware even if it down to having to deal with that officer's next of kin, submitting a sudden death report and even police funeral arrangements.
Very sad, whatever the cause is.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/s...al-no-21366795
"The death of Jamie Lynch, of Kilwinning, Ayrshire, follows that of four other officers since October – PC Natalie Faulds, 25, based at Baird Street police station in Glasgow, earlier this month; Detective Constable Gordon Gibson, 42, at Greenock Police Station last month, and Martin Mooney, 40, based in Stirling, was struck by a train in October.
The Record understands another officer, based in west Scotland, died suddenly in December. None of the deaths is believed to be suspicious."
So, it may even be 6 in three months. Reading some of the separate news stories makes for disturbing reading. One of the deaths involved the officer going to work and killing himself there.
In my 27 years in the job I knew one officer who killed herself and she had a known medical issue that was a major contributing factor.
Of course this could just be a statistical blip, but the police are under increasing pressure and there has been a lot of criticism of cuts to welfare services.
The news article is headlined; "Police Scotland 'don't know how many cops take their own lives' despite mounting toll".
The police may not know in that they do not have a searchable database that tells them how many have died. But they must be aware even if it down to having to deal with that officer's next of kin, submitting a sudden death report and even police funeral arrangements.
Very sad, whatever the cause is.
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