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Signed into law by the President on August 16, 2022, this latest amendment to the PSOB Act includes as a “personal injury sustained in the line of duty” Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Acute Stress Disorder (ASD), and Trauma and Stress related Disorders (T/SD) where exposure to certain traumatic events while on-duty is a substantial factor in the disorder. The amendment also allows for the payment of death and disability benefits under certain circumstances where, following exposure to certain traumatic events while on duty, a public safety officer dies by suicide or is totally and permanently disabled as a result of the exposure or an attempt to die by suicide.
The Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection (LESDC) Act was signed into law on June 16, 2020, and charges the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to establish a data collection where law enforcement agencies may submit information about their officers who have died by or attempted to commit suicide for the purpose of compiling national statistics on these tragedies. Agencies may begin submitting incident information to the LESDC on January 1, 2022, via the Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal at www.cjis.gov. Applicable incidents are those that occur on January 1, 2022, and after. Submissions to the LESDC are voluntary unless state-specific legislation exists that mandates an agency to report applicable data.
An Occupational Risk:
What Every Police Agency Should Do To Prevent Suicide Among Its Officers
Compiled by Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)
