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How the slaying of 5 officers led Dallas police to focus on mental health


July 7, 2022

A new Dallas police program called the “officer wellness initiative” seeks to confront trauma officers experience on the job and improve overall mental health — which officers say is long overdue. The change was launched in part from what the department learned officers needed after five police offices were killed July 7, 2016, in an ambush at the end of what had …

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