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Posted on 08/01/2017 1:27:12 PM PDT by upchuck
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC
A Richland County sheriff’s deputy killed himself using his service weapon in his cruiser while on duty Friday afternoon, Sheriff Leon Lott announced Monday.
Senior Deputy Derek Fish, 28, shot himself with his department-issued gun in his patrol car Friday, Lott said. After finishing his shift, the deputy drove his patrol car back to Region 3 headquarters on Bishop Avenue and parked behind the building, where he is believed to have shot himself between 6:30 and 8 p.m. Another deputy found him.
“We’re all struggling to try to understand why, and we don’t have an answer,” Lott said at a Monday news conference to discuss Fish’s death and suicide prevention, a move approved by the deputy’s family. “He didn’t leave a note, he didn’t communicate with anybody what his intentions were. For all purposes, that shift was a normal shift.”
Fish, who was known as “Nemo” in the department, joined the agency in May 2011, Lott said. He worked his way up the ranks and was promoted last week to master deputy.
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What did he know about Hillary?
Debt? Family issues. Blackmail?
The New Centurions-a good flick. George C. Scott.
Cops have a much higher suicide rate than the general population.
http://www.officer.com/article/12156622/2015-police-suicide-statistics
In my working career I only once ran into a situation where I thought a coworker was going to commit suicide. The situation had been building for some time, then one morning early I heard him screaming at somebody on the phone. This clearly wasn’t professional behavior. I sat in his cube, smiled and let him vent. Alarm bells went off in my head. When he was done I sat and thought carefully about how to proceed. This was General Dynamics where not a soul had the balls to do anything about a problem like that. Then, it occurred to me that there was. He was a program manger, a former high ranking naval officer who was known for getting the job done. He had pull that many high level managers didn’t have because they were betas and he was an alpha. I told him what had happened and that I thought this guy was on the verge of killing himself. He took his coffee mug over and sat in the guys office. Within the hour the guy was gone. He was gone for about six weeks “convalescing.” When he returned he was considerably improved and made it to retirement later the next year. I am not sure how the former navy guy did it, but I realized he was the only one who could have.
I was not the potential suicide’s friend. Nobody was. But I recognized what was about to happen and did what I thought best. Thank God there was somebody with the guts to take responsibility and action.
The Durham cop (Mark Gottlieb) who interviewed/interrogated a number of the Duke lacrosse players back in 2006 also killed himself a few years ago.
He was also a defendant in many of the cases filed by the players after they were exonerated. By all accounts (particularly in the book “Until Proven Innocent”) he was quite the ass to the players and in general.
http://www.wral.com/former-detective-in-duke-lacrosse-rape-case-commits-suicide-in-georgia/13792143/
Have you heard the S-Town podcast?
Guy has been telling people for years that he was going to kill himself, including a reporter for NPR, and no one did a thing.
I can recommend the 70s era Police Story series.
Some of it is on Youtube.
Poor guy.
I've saved several from suicide, well at least one. I've saved people from the ocean, when the Lord has called upon me.
But now I'm old, so I hope he doesn't call upon me again, but then there's grace. There are more stories, but you'll have to request them.
You shiats couldn’t respond to me in any way. None of you.
How many lives have you saved? Tell the story.
Well done!
You're like: Somebody's about to die. Not my problem.
Very sad because many Christians including me consider suicide murder and you have no chance to ask God for forgiveness. Tragic. I pray that God will give his family strength and courage as they face the terrible days in the aftermath of his death.
Jeez, dude. You waited a whole 10 minutes then got pissed because no one asked you a question?
Some people work, you know or spend some of their time on other sites. Shelax.
Take a chill pill. Calm down.
I’m glad you have amassed such a panoply of good works.
And then you sit in judgment for all who do not immediately respond to you.
You may want to recheck the scriptures regarding pride and anger, FRiend.
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