20% suddenly have PTSD????
Tommy Wiita
Updated: July 10, 2020 06:40 PM
Created: July 10, 2020 01:06 PM
A Minneapolis attorney says that more than 150 Minneapolis police officers have started the process of filing disability claims, with most stating they're suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Ron Meuser, Jr., of the firm Meuser, Yackley and Rowland, said that the disability claims have come in the last six weeks, following the killing of George Floyd and the ensuing nights of unrest. One of those nights included the 3rd Precinct police station being burned down.
“While law enforcement is a high-stress career, the last two months in Minneapolis have pushed many officers to their breaking point,” Meuser said, explaining that many officers feel exhausted from working long shifts.
“I’m seeing PTSD symptoms of officers with highly diminished capacity to live and socialize, extraordinary rates of divorce and alcohol dependency just to cope,” he said in a statement. “It is an emotional crisis that cannot and should not continue.”
Tommy Wiita
Updated: July 10, 2020 06:40 PM
Created: July 10, 2020 01:06 PM
A Minneapolis attorney says that more than 150 Minneapolis police officers have started the process of filing disability claims, with most stating they're suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Ron Meuser, Jr., of the firm Meuser, Yackley and Rowland, said that the disability claims have come in the last six weeks, following the killing of George Floyd and the ensuing nights of unrest. One of those nights included the 3rd Precinct police station being burned down.
“While law enforcement is a high-stress career, the last two months in Minneapolis have pushed many officers to their breaking point,” Meuser said, explaining that many officers feel exhausted from working long shifts.
“I’m seeing PTSD symptoms of officers with highly diminished capacity to live and socialize, extraordinary rates of divorce and alcohol dependency just to cope,” he said in a statement. “It is an emotional crisis that cannot and should not continue.”