Sunday, April 22, 2018
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NYPD Officer shot himself in police parking lot!
Cop fatally shoots himself in his car outside NYPD facility
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
By THOMAS TRACY and CHELSIA ROSE MARCIUS
APR 20, 2018
A troubled on-duty NYPD cop fatally shot himself while parked outside a department facility in the Bronx Friday, authorities said.
He's the fourth NYPD officer to take his own life in as many months, police said.
First responders rushed to an NYPD Auto Crime and Narcotics Division facility in Wakefield about 10:50 a.m., where the mortally wounded officer was found sitting in his personal vehicle in the parking lot.
Officers rushed him to Jacobi Medical Center, but he could not be saved. His name was not immediately disclosed.
Police sources said the cop worked in the Bronx, but it was not immediately clear if he was assigned to the Auto Crime and Narcotics Division.
Cops were first alerted to the incident by Mount Vernon police who had received a 911 call from a panicked relative, who said the cop was planning to harm himself, police sources said.
The cop is the fourth NYPD officer to take his own life this year.
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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
By THOMAS TRACY and CHELSIA ROSE MARCIUS
APR 20, 2018
"Your job requires that you spend your day helping others. But before you can take care of anyone else, you must first take care of yourself, so please, remember, if you need it, help is here, and help is available," O'Neill said.
A troubled on-duty NYPD cop fatally shot himself while parked outside a department facility in the Bronx Friday, authorities said.
He's the fourth NYPD officer to take his own life in as many months, police said.
First responders rushed to an NYPD Auto Crime and Narcotics Division facility in Wakefield about 10:50 a.m., where the mortally wounded officer was found sitting in his personal vehicle in the parking lot.
Officers rushed him to Jacobi Medical Center, but he could not be saved. His name was not immediately disclosed.
Police sources said the cop worked in the Bronx, but it was not immediately clear if he was assigned to the Auto Crime and Narcotics Division.
Cops were first alerted to the incident by Mount Vernon police who had received a 911 call from a panicked relative, who said the cop was planning to harm himself, police sources said.
The cop is the fourth NYPD officer to take his own life this year.
read more here
Deported Gulf War Marine Came Back in Casket
This deported Marine veteran came home the only way he could – in a casket
Fresno Bee
Carmen George
April 20, 2018
REEDLEY
Veteran Lance Cpl. Enrique Salas' flag-draped casket was loaded into a hearse with a Marine Corps seal and two miniature American flags protruding from either window.
Salas finally made it home to the central San Joaquin Valley the only way he could.
The Persian Gulf War veteran, who was deported to Mexico in 2006, was buried with military honors in a Reedley cemetery on Friday beside his younger brother, another fallen Marine.
"My parents gave two of their children to the Marine Corps, and now they've lost both of us," Salas once told the American Civil Liberties Union for a report titled "Discharged, then Discarded: How U.S. veterans are banished by the country they swore to protect."
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Fresno Bee
Carmen George
April 20, 2018
REEDLEY
Veteran Lance Cpl. Enrique Salas' flag-draped casket was loaded into a hearse with a Marine Corps seal and two miniature American flags protruding from either window.
The Persian Gulf War veteran, who was deported to Mexico in 2006, was buried with military honors in a Reedley cemetery on Friday beside his younger brother, another fallen Marine.
"My parents gave two of their children to the Marine Corps, and now they've lost both of us," Salas once told the American Civil Liberties Union for a report titled "Discharged, then Discarded: How U.S. veterans are banished by the country they swore to protect."
read more here
PTSD help did not come for Officer Miguel Grijalva
Officer Down
Family sues City of Lompoc over police officer's suicide
KSBY News
By Matt Van Slyke
Posted: Apr 21, 2018
A year after Lompoc police officers began mourning the death of Officer Miguel Grijalva, his family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Lompoc and high-ranking members of the Lompoc Police Department.
The lawsuit filed Friday in Santa Barbara County Superior Court claims the police department denied officers medical and psychological benefits and the lack of services ultimately lead to Grijalva's death.
Officer Grijalva reportedly took his own life while off duty. He had been with the department for three years. Prior to that, he served in the United States Marine Corps.
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As a dispatcher, the first signal you learn — 10-24 — is also the last one you ever want to use: officer down/officer needs assistance.Just wondering why it is so easy to understand a wounded officer needs help as soon as possible for other things, but not for PTSD.
Family sues City of Lompoc over police officer's suicide
KSBY News
By Matt Van Slyke
Posted: Apr 21, 2018
The lawsuit also alleges Officer Grijalva had been drinking excessively and cried for hours in his supervisors' office on multiple occasions but supervisors allowed him to continue working.
The lawsuit filed Friday in Santa Barbara County Superior Court claims the police department denied officers medical and psychological benefits and the lack of services ultimately lead to Grijalva's death.
Officer Grijalva reportedly took his own life while off duty. He had been with the department for three years. Prior to that, he served in the United States Marine Corps.
read more here
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