RIP Sgt
A retired sergeant from 019 committed suicide yesterday. The stresses of the job don't always leave when you do. Some do, but without an appropriate support network, sometimes the demons catch up.
Many Districts have monthly retiree breakfasts. Showing up at a couple Cake-and-Coffee events or promotion parties or welcoming another retiree to the other side of employment are a way to keep in touch with those who were a part of your life for many decades.
Watch out for yourselves, watch out for your co-workers, watch out for those who have left the day-to-day BS behind but still might struggle with things.
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posted by SCC at 12:04 AM
39 Comments:
Just retired in August 2024. So sad.
Put these numbers in your phone. Right now. If not for you, for someone else.
9-8-8 On your cellphone. https://988lifeline.org/
1-800-273-8255 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-267-5463 https://www.copline.org/
No marriage is worth taking your life, especially if you have kids.
What the hell is going on? For the past several years we are losing 1 officer per month on average to suicide. I guess getting treated like a doormat doesn't end with retirement for some. RIP old Sarge. See in that great coffee shop in the sky...
When you retire, you definitely notice the phone rings much less. Take on New hobbies. Quit drinking. Get a part time side job. Get that muscle car, you always wanted.
RIP Sir....
The Dept claims to be huge on mental health now, yet C0PA is permitted to run wild and attempt to ruin the lives of officers while Lawrence serves up platitudes of soft objections.
Fk him and Fk C0PA.
Please…..
Go to church, eat healthy, exercise, don’t smoke, and don’t drink.
As longtime residents of 019, my wife and I offer the Officer's family, friends, and colleagues our deepest condolences.
As the grandson, nephew, brother, uncle, and friends of LEOs, we know a little of the extraordinary responsibilities, pressures, and (inexcusably) ingratitude to which you are exposed every day. Each of you are in our daily prayers.
We are so sorry for this profound loss.
That's sad.
Such terrible news. Isn't this like the 3rd suicide in the last few weeks?
Exactly!
Don't make this job and the people in it your life, you will struggle in retirement if you do.
I retired from the military after 21 years and the first couple of years was rough, all the stuff that I was able to ignore because of mission and deployments had a whole lot of headroom to run around in. Get help so you can enjoy that retirement!
He was a good guy and was battling his demons. Sometimes the pain is too much to bear.
Retiring and living well is the best revenge. Don't reject the pension plan...
This had nothing to do with drinking.
So, what is the average number of retirement checks collected before one passes away?
Nice sentiments, SCC, but the reality as a retiree is this: within a year of being gone you are basically forgotten, it's as if you've never been a part of the department, that in most cases you've spent over 20 years at, with a lot of younger officers treating you with indifference. Your close friends are your friends, but you realize a lot that you thought were your friends are actually just work associates, and the thin blue line is actually much thinner than expected. God bless Sgt. RY.
Absolutely agree. I tell people about 5 years before you plan on pulling the plug,line something up.
Find something you love to do, or something profitable, by the time you leave, it will keep you busy if you want.
Find a house in the country, a condo in Florida.
Keep buzy!
Since that POS Dart took over jail suicide rate went up 10-fold with officers and inmates. RIP SGT
Exactly!!! Get a HOBBY.....
Commander A. Watson is not getting along with hardly anyone in the Area One Detective Division including her Lt’s. It’s a peaceful day when she’s away.
Living in Chicago, Cook county, Illinois and working for CPD does have it's moments of hopelessness...My personal faith in G-d and his son Jesus Christ have sustained me through it all. This is a very broken world people...
This is 100% correct, many who called don't because you cannot do anything for them anymore! Retired from O'Hare noticed how quickly my "friends" who I helped through the line,and with parking etc..they don't call and if I call them asking for a favor they either don't answer or say, "Sorry busy!"
Agree. Hope that wasn’t the cause. Just retired terrible. Worked his whole life to retire and enjoy the rest of his life
Seems a lot of the suicides are after retirement. That should take the job out of the equation. You beat it and all those worries should be gone
may he RIP
RIP Sgt. . Peace to you and family.
How true the above post is. The day after you retire you are worthless to most coppers no matter your rank.The phone stops because you can't do anything for them anymore.The thin blue line gets thinner because there is no quid pro quo. I still have a group that I am close with, but unfortunately it is getting smaller as many are passing on (Nam era Vets). Know very few OTJ. The names I see must be the guys I worked with kids.
I got no new hobbies or a part time gig, as my plate is pretty full trying to catch up on all the shit I missed over the years with the family and house.
Caught up on some medical issues- thanks Medicare. Had the 60's muscle car a while, didn't stop drinking, and enjoy relaxing with a gummy, or 3 fingers in a glass with 1 ice cube.Nice to just pick up and go wherever without having to worry if my time got approved.
Probably not the best path to follow, but it has worked for me so far over the years.
It's another life on this side.
Be Safe all and at the least back each other up.
who was the sgt im retired but new allot them they were all decent sgt
I say eat, drink & be merry.
And off topic but a need to know. SSA claiming it will be more than a year before any adjustments/back pay begins to show up.
Sgt, be a peace, you earned it
My dream is being fired then I can finally move on from this shit
Yes, get a hobby you are passionate about to occupy your time and mind. Police lifestyle is not a hobby or fulfilling. When you leave the job nobody gives a shit about you.
rip sgt i wish i could had talked to you
Godspeed, Sarge…
As a fellow police officer I have also struggled with deep depression to the point of wanting to un alive myself. I then finally gave Jesus Christ a chance, purchased a Bible read it and it changed my life completely!! Guys truly give god a chance get yourself a Bible or listen to the Bible on an app it’s the free gift of life. It will bring your sip so much joy!!! And you will leave dangerous vices and addictions!
I retired in 2023. I wasn’t one of those people whose whole identity was on being the police, so I thought. I thought everything will just fall into place, I’ll lose the 50lbs I gained, I’ll sleep like a baby, I’ll explore all the hobbies I wanted, I’ll have a better social life. It hasn’t been that simple. I realized how far I let so many aspects of my life slip bc all I did was work. I realized how much different we as police for 30 odd years think. I realized how lonely I was,how much I had let my house chores slide, and how I had no motivation for living. It’s been slow, but gradually I started chipping away at the things I’m unhappy about. For anyone out there struggling- it takes awhile to create a new normal for many of us. Don’t give up and don’t succumb to easy things like drinking, drugs, mindless shopping, wasting money in a casino or scrolling the internet.Take long walks, volunteer somewhere you feel connected, find spirituality. Find a job even if just for the structure, but don’t let it become a grind. Quit it if it takes away from your quality of life. It won’t happen overnight and you have to be willing to be mindful of your behaviors. But for God’s sake, don’t flush a pension you worked 30 years to get down the toilet.
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Per FOP website No seargants from 019 retired in August 2024
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