Focus on Officer Wellness: Moving Mental Health Out of the Shadows

Texas Pioneers a Statewide Approach to Support Officers and Save Lives

In 2022, a reported 160 members of law enforcement from across the United States were lost to suicide.

In Texas alone, that number was 16, the most from any U.S. state. While all of the circumstances that led up to these officers dying by suicide are not known, it is clear that there is much work to be done to achieve the only acceptable number of suicide deaths—zero.