WA Police Union research finds death by suicide surpasses those killed on duty

Western Australia's police union says officers need to be offered more mental health support after its own research found rising levels of suicide in the force.

By combining data from the National Coronial Information System, news reports and other sources, the union said it had created one of the largest collections of information about Australian police officer suicide.

The research found a total of 123 Australian police officers had taken their lives since 2000, with most of them occurring since 2015.

Rates of suicide across the country had more than doubled from 5.9 deaths per 100,000 serving officers at the turn of the millennium to 14 per 100,000 in 2022.

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