Year: 2001 Source: Quantico, VA: Federal Bureau of Investigation, (2001), p.115-123 SIEC No: 20101096

The title of a newspaper article, “We may Never Know the Answer” served as the impetus to search for possible answers to the complex problems of police stress & suicide. 2 incidents in Naperville, Illinois are provided as illustration. This chapter attempts to bring forward some of the reasons for police officer stress, discusses some of the research that has been done on this subject, & offers preventive strategies. JA