http://www.policesuicide.com/ take a look at the above website Indian origin NYPD Officer shot dead in New York New York (USA), SVM News, December 07, 2007: An off-duty New York City Police Officer of USA, who belongs to an Indian Christian family of Kerala, was found shot dead in his house at 60 Whiteman Road in Yonkers on December 5. Joseph John, 29, found dead from a single gunshot wound to the head on Wednesday at about 11 at night. He was a three-year veteran of the NYPD assigned to the 43rd Precinct in the Bronx. Joseph John was the son of late John George and Thresiamma, who were hailed from Cherukole, near Mavelikkara in Kerala State, India to USA about 33 years ago. Aby John is his only brother. Salem Voice Ministries (SVM) News Service reports that the New York police investigating the circumstances surrounding Joseph's death. Capt. Fred Hellthaler of Yonkers police said that they had responded to a 911 call from victim's family, which had heard the gunshot. His mother and wife were at home at the time of the shooting. Police added. Joseph John was active in prayer services and other church activities of Yonkers Marthoma Church as well as social, cultural and charitable works in New York, especially among Indians. The viewing of the dead body will be having at Yonkers Marthoma Church, 34 Morris Street in between 3.30 to 9.30 pm on December 7. Funeral services also will be held at Yonkers Marthoma Church on December 8 at 8.45 to 10.45 in the morning and will be buried with all of the honourship of the police at Mount Hope cemetery at Jackson Avenue in Yonkers. YONKERS - Neighbors were stunned yesterday by the death of an off-duty New York City police officer who died of a single gunshot wound to his head at his Yonkers home. Joseph John, 29, of Whitman Road was pronounced dead at 11 Wednesday night. The death has been ruled a suicide by the Westchester County Medical Examiner's Office. Antoinette Montanaro, who lives on Eastwind Road, behind John's house, said she didn't know the family, but was shocked at the news yesterday. "I live behind them and I didn't hear anything last night," she said. "My son lives a few houses down from there, and he didn't hear anything either." Montanaro has lived in this quiet, residential neighborhood for four years. A Yonkers police car remained on the scene yesterday morning. Yonkers police had responded to a 911 call from John's family, who had heard the gunshot, said Capt. Fred Hellthaler. "His wife and his mother were in the house at the time," Hellthaler said. John was a three-year member of the NYPD assigned to the 43rd Precinct in the Bronx. An NYPD spokeswoman said the department was not commenting on John's death. The Medical Examiner's Office determined John's death was a suicide based on findings from the police investigation, a spokesman for the office said.

I think it's because they're so exposed to violence and many forms of malfeasance, they feel so numb already.

I think stress is the number 1 factor. I have a friend who retired from the NYC Police Dept. after 20 years of service. He bought a cabin in Vermont to get away on the weekends. He told me there is an incredible amount of stress, especially in New York. You never know what kind of day your going to have. Internal Affairs is always lurking around. It's a very dangerous job. He also said there were people who would shout obscenities at him every day on his beat. It got a little better after 9/11, but it's a job not many can handle.

I think the stress is number one, also the face that you have access to a gun whenever you need it basically and who knows what they go through on job and in their personal lives. Many cops are not able to separate their work and personal lives and the two can mix and cause major issues

Gary A. Berwick of New Windsor, NY, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, May 15, 2008. He was 48 years old. He was born in Englewood, NJ on June 19, 1959 to his parents Madeleine Dupuis Berwick and the late John O. Berwick. Gary retired as a Staff Inspector for the New York State Police. He was married to his beloved wife, Marguerite McClean Berwick. "Gary was a person of faith, integrity and upstanding moral character. He took great pride in watching his daughters grow into wonderful people and spending time with his wife, family and many friends. What Gary enjoyed most in life was going to his family cabin in Maine, sailing, golfing, playing guitar, and being his daughters' number one fan. He will be deeply missed and will always be in our hearts." He is survived by his beloved wife, Maggie; his mother, Madeleine; three loving daughters, Christina, Lyndsey and Rachel Berwick; brothers, John and his partner, Martha Newcomb, Jim and David Berwick; his sister, Denise Velsor and her husband, David; mother-in-law, Olimpia Graham and her husband, Jim; father-in-law, Michael McClean and his wife, Celia; sisters-in-law, Maria Callery and husband, Frank, Angela Kukelka and her husband, Bill and brother-in-law, John McClean and his wife, Denise; along with several nieces and nephews. The family will be present to receive friends and family on Monday, May 19, from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. at the Coloni Funeral Homes, 3001 Rt. 9W New Windsor, NY 12553. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Tuesday, May 20, at 10 a.m. in St. Francis of Assisi Church, 145 Benkard Ave., Newburgh, NY. Fr. John J. Vondras will officiate. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Pl., Memphis, TN 38105. We invite you to visit www.Mem.com to leave messages and personal condolences for the family. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Craig A. Duke, director of the Coloni Funeral Home; 845-561-0238. Officials in New Windsor are investigating the death of a former New York State police inspector who once headed security for Governors Pataki and Spitzer. The body of 48-year-old Gary Berwick was discovered by his daughter at their home on Red Maple Way Thursday. A state official confirms Berwick hanged himself with a rope and a suicide note was discovered near his body. According to published reports, Berwick had some involvement in the "Troopergate" scandal, where Spitzer had been accused of using state police to check travel records for Republican state Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno. In the suicide note, Berwick reportedly seemed troubled by other investigations of state police, including whether or not state troopers had any knowledge of Spitzer's use of prostitutes. A spokesperson for Governor David Paterson issued a statement that read, "The governor is saddened by this terrible tragedy. His thoughts and prayers are with the family." Retired for several months, Berwick left a wife and three daughters

I don't think there is an increase at all. I think what we are seeing is the dark little secret in law enforcement. The suicide rates are very high but they were quietly covered up in the past. We are just seeing more being reported.