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The FBI ruined Chicago3 Chicago Police Suicides In Past Month as Understaffed Department Repeatedly Cancels Days Off
Police morale is down across the county -- but Chicago is experiencing 60% officer suicides than the national average
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The Chicago Police Department has lost two officers and a sergeant to suicide in the past months, authorities revealed Monday – amid what critics say is a harsh environment for police officers and as brass continues to cancel days off.
"Each of their losses is a tragedy that impacts a family, a department and the city of Chicago," Superintendent David Brown said at a news briefing.
"When somebody is forced to live on fast food and caffeine, while living in that constant state of what we call hyper-vigilance, for 12, 13, 14 hours a day, that takes its toll," Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith, the spokesperson for the National Police Association, told Fox News Digital. "You look at those last three officers who committed suicide, these were not veteran officers, these were fairly young people -- and that’s horrific."
As officers struggle with long hours and nixed days off, sleeping in their cars between shifts, studies have shown that fatigue is a major cause of physiological and emotional issues, she added.
In his Monday briefing, Brown said summer days off have been canceled "because of the need to make sure our officers are safe on the street" as the department struggles with chronic understaffing and roadblocks to hiring new officers.
3 Chicago police suicides in past month as understaffed department repeatedly cancels days off
Needs to happen more often since the police aren't allowed to shoot13-year-old boy dies after car owner shoots during Attempted Robbery, police say
A woman with a concealed carry permit shot the Chicago teen when a group of males allegedly tried to break into her car
A 13-year-old boy is dead after he and a group of others allegedly tried to break into a parked car, only for the owner to show up in time for a fatal confrontation, police said, according to local Fox32.
Law enforcement officials said that the boy, Dion Young, was one of "four to five" males who were trying to break into a car parked in Woodlawn, on the South Side of Chicago. Then the car's owner, a woman in her 30s with a concealed carry license, arrived.
According to police, when the woman confronted the group, one of the males displayed a gun. That led to her pulling out a weapon of her own and pulling the trigger.
13-year-old boy dies after car owner shoots during attempted robbery, police say
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Pledges To ‘Drain Texas Of All Of Its Residents’ Amid Abbott’s Busing Effort
Democrat Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot criticized Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and pledged to empty Texas of all its residents by busing them to the Windy City during a Thursday news conference.
“I’m happy to take and drain Texas of all of its residents. I wouldn’t want to live in a state with a governor like that,” Lightfoot said Thursday at the Salvation Army in Chicago. (RELATED: Democrat Mayor’s Office Says ‘Racism’ Is Behind Abbott’s Effort To Bus Illegal Migrants To The ‘Sanctuary City’)
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Pledges To ‘Drain Texas Of All Of Its Residents’ Amid Abbott’s Busing Effort
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Pledges To ‘Drain Texas Of All Of Its Residents’ Amid Abbott’s Busing Effort
Democrat Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot criticized Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and pledged to empty Texas of all its residents by busing them to the Windy City during a Thursday news conference.
“I’m happy to take and drain Texas of all of its residents. I wouldn’t want to live in a state with a governor like that,” Lightfoot said Thursday at the Salvation Army in Chicago. (RELATED: Democrat Mayor’s Office Says ‘Racism’ Is Behind Abbott’s Effort To Bus Illegal Migrants To The ‘Sanctuary City’)
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Pledges To ‘Drain Texas Of All Of Its Residents’ Amid Abbott’s Busing Effort