The Brief
- Bay Area first responders graduated from a nine-month mental health and resiliency program at St. Petersburg College.
- The course was designed to help law enforcement officers recognize trauma, process stress and prevent suicide among first responders.
- Graduates now plan to lead peer-to-peer mental health training for agencies across the Bay Area.
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Law enforcement officers across the country are facing a growing mental health crisis, with suicides continuing to outpace line-of-duty deaths in many years.
Now, a group of Bay Area first responders is hoping to change that.
A first-of-its-kind mental health and resiliency program at St. Petersburg College graduated its latest class this week in Clearwater, bringing together officers, deputies and emergency personnel from agencies across the region.
First responder mental health crisis
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