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By Bambi Majumdar
 More police officers die by suicide than in the line of duty. In 2017, there were an estimated 140 law enforcement suicides. Law enforcement officers also suffer from more depression, PTSD, burnout, and anxiety than others. A recent national policing conference in Elkhart, Indiana, addressed these serious issues to help officers find a better balance between work and home life. It is vital that departments spread mental health awareness among law enforcement officers, their friends, and families.
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Michigan just became the 10th state to legalize recreational marijuana. So if you’re an officer living in or visiting one of those states, it’s OK to light up, right? Wrong. Gordon Graham has some advice in this short video. VIEW THE VIDEO
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The Associated Press via WJHL-TV
Those who had fled a deadly Northern California wildfire were looking for answers at an evacuation center when Sheriff Kory Honea walked in. They jumped to their feet, clapped and cheered.
The Butte County sheriff came to watch a recent briefing by a state official, but as the public face of the force fighting the flames and bringing relief to those who lost everything, he's a star attraction.
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WTVF-TV
A Franklin County, Tennessee 7-year-old is handing out pennies to police. He wants officers in his community, and around the country, to have a little extra luck. Kameryn Chebetar's mom said she hopes the officers will keep their penny and poem in their pocket. Kameryn and his mom have made hundreds of "pennies for police" notes.
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Tallahassee Democrat
Jessalyn Younger-Gaskins imagines growing up to be a superhero. Not the kind with a cape or lasso. She wants to be the kind who strolls down the hallways of her school to protect her and her other classmates. Her superheroes wear a badge and a wide-brim sheriff's deputy's hat. The Killearn Lakes Elementary kindergartner seeks inspiration from the school's resource deputy, Leon County Sheriff's Deputy Cecelia Creg.
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Gwinnett Daily Post
"I can't wait to go home and tell my parents everything I've learned," 26-year-old Jessica Jenkins said, smiling. "(My mom) has a bunch of fruits — strawberries, blueberries, all kinds of stuff — and now I can tell her exactly what the pH of the soil should be and all that." In any other situation, Jenkins’ words would not seem out of the ordinary; they could have been spoken by any 20-something who was returning from a college class or work seminar or speaker session. But Jenkins and her fellow gardeners were in a unique spot, surrounded by several fences laden with barbed wire and guards watching their every move.
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Forbes
There are two sides to the leadership coin. On one side you have leadership attributes. Attributes include empathy, honesty, integrity, intellect and so on. On the other side of the coin are competencies. There are three in particular that are essential for leaders to grow: the ability to lead, the ability to develop and the ability to get results.
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WJAR-TV
If dog is man's best friend, then a group of Rhode Island police officers are in good company. The Cranston Police Department and Hasbro Children's Hospital have launched a canine therapy program to help comfort children who've been victims of sexual and or physical abuse. A 14-week-old puppy named Cali, an Australian Labradoodle, is the newest member of the department.
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WJHG-TV
Franklin County Sheriff A.J. Smith visited Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford to donate $7,500 to the Bay County Sheriff's Office recently. "This funding will go directly to help our deputies. We had over 60 employees who lost their homes so this will go to help them and everybody's just been so generous and it's just so touching to see that," Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford said.
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Great Falls Tribune
Montana's Missoula County commissioners have approved a policy to charge organizers of large political campaign events for the cost of additional law enforcement services. The policy approved recently came followed a recent visit by President Donald Trump to campaign on behalf of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Matt Rosendale. The sheriff's department spent nearly $13,000 in providing security.
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Chicago Sun-Times
More people could have been shot at Chicago's Mercy Hospital recently if not for the quick action by police and the preparedness of hospital staff, who only recently had reviewed how to respond to an active shooter, experts say. Training for such situations has become routine, part of the regular schedule of annual workshops caregivers must undergo, thanks to accrediting agencies and medical associations.
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KFOR-TV
An Oklahoma County sheriff's deputy is getting help from his fellow first responders after he and his 2-year-old son lost everything during a destructive fire. In addition to his possessions, Deputy Paul Compton said the fire also destroyed many of his 2-year-old son's belongings. That's why the deputy was so touched when his fellow first responders stepped up and created a GoFundMe page for him without him even asking for help.
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KMSS-TV
A charity that supports law enforcement is reaching out to help a rural sheriff's office in Northeast Texas.
The group is trying to raise money for bullet proof vests for deputies in Red River County.
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Reflector.com
Speakers at a forum about school shootings said North Carolina leaders should provide school systems with more money to fund security improvements and better training for school resources officers. These were the predominant points made at a public forum held by the Special Committee on School Shootings of the Governor's Crime Commission in the Greenville Convention Center. About 100 people from across eastern North Carolina attended the session.
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The Plain Dealer
Ohio's Cuyahoga County jail was already hundreds over capacity and struggling to keep up with inmates’ mental health and medical needs at the beginning of 2018, but the county pushed ahead with long-awaited plans to regionalize the county jails and take on even more inmates.
That was before three top health officials left the jail and the mental health staff nearly evaporated.
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WWSB-TV
One woman received a surprise on Thanksgiving that was made possible by a Sarasota County Sheriff Sergeant. According to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, an Arizona woman was able to locate her father who she had never met before.
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Ball State University
Exercising on a regular basis over a lifetime may help keep the body decades younger, says new research from Ball State University.
Cardiovascular and Skeletal Muscle Health with Lifelong Exercise, an analysis of septuagenarians who have been exercising for decades, found that they have heart and lung capacities and muscle fitness like healthy people in their early 40s.
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