Ald. Anthony Napolitano, a former Chicago police officer, wants to explore the use of “alternate treatments” to reverse an epidemic of police suicides that has seen eighteen CPD officers take their own lives since September 2019.
The resolution championed by the Napolitano and co-signed by more than two dozen of his colleagues calls for three City Council committees — Budget, Public Safety and Health and Human Relations — to hold a joint hearing to discuss at least two costly treatments for suicide prevention and treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder not now covered by city insurance.
