URGENT GOAL OF HELPING TO REDUCE SUICIDE RATE AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE RATE BY POLICE OFFICERS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, ELSEWHERE IN TEXAS, AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES

https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-police-officer-suicide-rate I hope that the above link will help convey the urgent need for additional factual research and public-policy brainstorming on how to help reduce the suicide rate by peace officers in our state-capital city for Texas and elsewhere in our state and nation. This first-rate January 14, 2020, report from Fox News reporter Hunter Davis in Austin, Texas, states that the Austin Police Department has an APD Peer Networking Unit to help APD officers experiencing emotional duress. That unit has reportedly been active ever since 2006. As a concerned citizen, I haven't seen any actual statistic on either the suicide rate or the attempted suicide rate among members of the Austin Police Department from this year, any recent prior year, or any recent five-year or 10-year period. Nor am I myself aware of any current tradition in which APD routinely publicizes to the general public a monthly or semi-annual or annual report on the total number of attempted suicides or actual suicides that were reportedly committed during that time period by an APD officer. I am surprised that I myself have not heard or read any statement from any Austin City Council Member that directly expressed concern about this particular public-policy issue facing the City of Austin and the people of Austin. Maybe the Greater Austin Crime Commission non-profit group will offer some additional suggestions to the City Government of Austin on how to help deter self-destructive conduct by some or many current or future members of the Austin Police Department in this state-capital city for Texas.