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Workshop spotlights officer mental health; trainers cite rising suicides and recommend departmental wellness
Summary
Trainer Dwayne Bryant and Riviera Beach officers addressed officer wellness, citing data that more officers die by suicide than in the line of duty and recommending peer support, sleep hygiene and departmental wellness programs. Participants described stressors, barriers to seeking help and specific local steps departments can take.
A sustained segment of the Riviera Beach workshop focused on officer mental health and wellness, with trainers and officers describing mounting stress, barriers to help‑seeking and concrete steps departments can take to support personnel.
Dwayne Bryant posed a true/false question and then reported the finding: more police officers die by suicide than in the line of duty. The presentation cited year‑to‑year increases and emphasized that officers routinely face dozens to hundreds of traumatic incidents over a career; workshop participants described compounding effects of repeated exposure to violent calls.
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