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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Pooja Salhotra

String of law enforcement suicides rattles first responders and exposes gaps in state support

Dustin Schellinger poses for a photo on Sunday, April 6, 2025 in Coppell, Texas. After loosing two close friends to suicide within six months of each other, Schellinger found that there were not many resources for law enforcement who were struggling and sought to find an opportunity to help.
After losing two close friends to suicide within six months of each other, Dustin Schellenger, seen on April 6, 2025, in Coppell, found that there were not many resources for struggling law enforcement officers and sought to find an opportunity to help. (Credit: Maria Crane for The Texas Tribune)

After two officers he had worked with during a 20-year stint in the U.S. Marine Corps took their own lives, Dustin Schellenger researched what mental health resources were available to his friends, both of whom were local first responders when they died.

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