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Inquest into four Tasmania Police suicides exposes harsh toll on officers

Overworked, enduring nightmares of dead bodies, self-medicating with alcohol and other drugs, with the help from well-meaning colleagues in some cases doing more harm than good: An inquest examining the suicides of four police officers in four years has laid bare the torment members can face.

ABC News · Dec 9, 2022

'Ripple effect' of Tas police suicides

The former head of Tasmania Police has told an inquest about the ripple effect of the suicide deaths of four police officers between 2016 and 2020.

AAP · Dec 9, 2022

Donna Adams appointed as Tasmania's first female Commissioner of Police

It has taken 125 years, but Tasmania will soon have its first female Commissioner of Police.

ABC News · Aug 9, 2022