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| Officers are Honored for Peer Support |
| By nj.com - Carmen Juri |
| Published: 11/16/2012 |
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At the Cop2Cop 12th anniversary celebration held recently in Piscataway, correction officers from across the state were honored for helping struggling officers in New Jersey’s law enforcement community via a peer support program. Those honored were Gary Lanigan, state Department of Corrections commissioner; director John Cunningham and Sgt. Guy Cirullo, both of the state Department of Corrections Sea Girt Academy, and officer Ken Burkert, Union County corrections. Also honored were Fred Mitchell and Joseph Orgo, two retired police officers who now serve as Cop2Cop peer counselors. Since its inception in 2000, Cop2Cop has managed more than 40,000 calls from officers and averted at least 191 potential suicides, according to the organization. In addition, Cop2Cop, which has evolved from a 24/7 helpline to also include a variety of support and training programs, has trained more than 15,000 New Jersey law enforcement officers in suicide prevention. “The work of the Governor’s Task Force on Police Suicide in 2008 revealed that New Jersey corrections officers had significantly higher rates of suicide than other types of law enforcement,” said Cop2Cop director Cherie Castellano. “This insight allowed us the opportunity to target the New Jersey Department of Corrections with a customized suicide prevention course, which was subsequently given to 4,000 corrections officers in our state ...” Read More. |
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