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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Matthew Hendrickson

UNCOVERED: 3rd apparent suicide by a chicago police officer in a week | History Defined

A Chicago police officer was found dead by apparent suicide Thursday on the Southwest Side — the third reported by the department within a week. (Sun-Times file)

The apparent suicide of a third Chicago cop within a week needs to be a wake-up call for a department that has been long criticized over how it takes care of its officers, a psychologist who treats members of law enforcement told the Sun-Times Thursday. 

Earlier in the day, an officer was found dead at his home in the Chicago Lawn District on the Southwest Side, according to police department spokesman Tom Ahern. 

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