LI officials offer extra help to local cops in light of record numbers of NYPD suicides

Police departments on Long Island are expanding mental health services for officers, including hiring and training more staff to provide outreach, amid a record number of NYPD suicides. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart on Thursday said her department has hired a full-time chaplain to make contact with any officer who encounters an emotionally difficult situation at work. Suffolk also recently expanded a police union peer support effort to all of its police unions, plans to provide a daylong training on suicide awareness and is launching an internal website with mental health resources available 24 hours a day. Credit: James Carbone