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Jan 6 Officer Suicides

Classifying post-Jan. 6 officer suicides as line-of-duty deaths

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Jan 24, 2026
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Which law enforcement officers who responded to Jan. 6 have been officially ruled line‑of‑duty deaths, and by which bodies?

Two responding officers have been formally ruled to have died “in the ” by federal or District authorities: Metropolitan Police Officer , whose death was first ruled a line‑of‑duty death by the and la...

Jan 27, 2026
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What evidence links post‑event suicides among police to the trauma of the Jan. 6 response, and how have benefit boards adjudicated those cases?

Three separate, well‑reported cases after — notably and — provide the clearest public evidence that some post‑event police suicides were attributed to trauma from the Capitol response, with adjudicato...

Jan 9, 2026

What criteria and evidence have the DOJ and local boards used to classify post‑Jan. 6 officer suicides as line‑of‑duty deaths?

The Justice Department and local pension/retirement boards have increasingly classified several post‑Jan. 6 officer suicides as line‑of‑duty deaths by applying a newly amended Public Safety Officers’ ...

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