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According to the book description of
The Secret Deaths: Patrol Officer's Testimonial Views on Police Suicides and Why Suicides Continues to be Hidden
in Police Departments, “This book is about the police culture and how it affects officers when they are
faced with personal issues. It's about the topic of suicide and the police. It is about how the public sees and feels about
suicide and let me tell you it is totally different on how police officers see it when one of their own takes their life.
It's about how police departments across the country stigmatize police suicides and refuse to accept it for what it really
is. Suicide is a tragedy, and it is an illness.”
About the Chicago Police
Department
The Chicago Police Department is
divided into 25 police districts. Each
district has between 9 and 15 police
beats, with a total 281 beats
throughout the city of Chicago. Each
of the 25 police districts is led by a
district commander who, in addition to
uniformed police officers, has teams
of undercover tactical and gang police
officers at his or her disposal. The
Chicago Police Department Districts
are organized into five larger
organization entities called Areas.
These area commanders report to the
Bureau of Patrol. In addition to the
Bureau of Patrol, the Chicago Police
Department has four other bureaus:
Bureau of Investigative Services;
Bureau of Strategic Deployment; Bureau
of Crime Strategy and Accountability;
and, the Bureau of Administrative
services. Instead of a Chief of
Police, the Chicago Police Department
has a Superintendent of Police; and,
the Bureau commanders hold the rank of
Deputy Superintendent.
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