Trooper sues state police over PTSD

Trooper sues state police over post-traumatic stress
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A Pennsylvania state trooper filed a federal lawsuit against several members of his organization on Tuesday, alleging that they tried to force him out after he said he suffered PTSD from attending the autopsy of a child.

Charles Shippee, of Richland, worked in the Butler barracks in the department's forensic services unit. On Jan. 20, 2009, the lawsuit said, Mr. Shippee attended the autopsy of an 11-year-old girl who had been mauled to death by a Rottweiler.

While attending the autopsy, Mr. Shippee took 188 photographs of the child. According to the lawsuit, "the experience was horrible beyond description," and he has still not recovered.



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