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Podcast: The Squad Room: Police Health | Development | Leadership
Episode: EP 64: My Dark Companion: PTSD, Depression, and Suicide with Shaun O'Gorman of The Strong Life Project
Description: Shaun O’Gorman is a retired police officer from Australia. He spent 13 years in service, most of it in the K9 unit. By all accounts, Shaun became a “cop’s cop” after he followed his dad into public service. He spent years racing 100 mph (well, 160 kilometers per hour) to calls, watching and experiencing some of the worst things the job has to offer. It didn’t take long on the job before Shaun’s previous bouts with depression returned and eventually devolved into PTSD and several nights of lying in bed with his service weapon in his hands trying...