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Brad Schimel: “We lose four times as many [officers] to suicide than we do…”

Featuring: Brad Schimel, Republican | Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, Waukesha County

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Tuesday Luncheon - Supreme Court Candidate Judge Brad Schimel

Published | Video Starts at 55:19

And so we created a program that we put in every training, every grant program we did to law enforcement. They had to start building a wellness program. So we take care of our officers. We lose four times as many [officers] to suicide than we do to duty deaths. And I felt we owed it to do something. We created the very first program of its kind in the world, the United States, excuse me. (55:19–55:25)

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Asserts that officer suicides occur at four times the rate of duty deaths.

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