How Can You Be a Cop in a City That Hates You?

How Can You Be a Cop in a City That Hates You? – The Free Press

There might be no city in America that monitors its police force more than Chicago. There are at least six oversight agencies scrutinizing the department’s every move. Given all of that, perhaps it is no surprise that Chicago police are struggling with a suicide rate that was more than 60 percent higher than the national average.

How Can You Be a Cop in a City That Hates You?

In Chicago, the number of police suicides is far higher than anyone knew: 53 in the past decade. Olivia Reingold reports.