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Stopping the stigma is crucial to enabling officers to cope effectively with mental health challenges

SUBSCRIBE 7th October 2022Adam Meyers, Founder, Stop the Threat – Stop the Stigma
When Wisconsin police officer Adam Meyers was involved in the fatal shooting of an armed suspect, the resulting mental health challenges he faced – and the associated stigma – led him into a downward spiral of poor coping mechanisms and suicidal thoughts; now he’s using his own experiences to inspire other struggling officers to speak out and seek help, and urging leaders and law enforcement agencies to address the mental health stigma.

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