New York K 787: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim September 26, 2025, as Law Enforcement Suicide Awareness Day in the State of New York

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K00787 Summary:

BILL NOK00787 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGriffin

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MLTSPNSRBerger, Braunstein, Buttenschon, Jones, Kassay, Kay, Levenberg, Lupardo, McDonald, McMahon,
 O'Pharrow, Pheffer Amato, Ramos, Rozic, Santabarbara, Shimsky, Simon, Solages, Stern

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06/11/2025referred to calendar

06/12/2025adopted

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Assembly Resolution No. 787

BY: M. of A. Griffin

 MEMORIALIZING Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim
 September 26, 2025, as Law Enforcement Suicide
 Awareness Day in the State of New York

 WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize
official days that are set aside to increase awareness of serious mental
health issues that affect the lives of citizens of New York State; and

 WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, it is the sense of this Legislative Body to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim September 26, 2025, as Law
Enforcement Suicide Awareness Day in the State of New York, in
conjunction with the observance of National Law Enforcement Suicide
Awareness Day; and

 WHEREAS, Created by Blue H.E.L.P in 2020, National Law Enforcement
Suicide Awareness Day recognizes the service of officers lost to
suicide, raises awareness about suicide in law enforcement, and reminds
officers and their families they are not alone; help is available; and

 WHEREAS, Each year, more law enforcement officers die by suicide
than are feloniously killed in the line of duty; this vital day of
recognition strives to reduce the stigma associated with seeking help
and recognize that one moment in time does not define a life; and

 WHEREAS, From 2016 to 2022, there were 1,287 public safety personnel
-- identified in the report as law enforcement and corrections officers
-- who died by suicide; and

 WHEREAS, The average number of suicides per year during the period
studied was just shy of 184; in 2022, the most recent year data was
collected, there were 183 suicides; further, 2019 saw the highest number
with 234; and

 WHEREAS, More than half (51%) of the officer deaths by suicide
involved officers from local police departments, with 20% from sheriff's
offices and another 13% were corrections officers; the majority of
suicides are from departments with 100 or more full-time sworn officers;
and

 WHEREAS, These large agencies represent merely 10.8% of all law
enforcement agencies and correctional facilities nationwide, but account
for 61% of suicides among publish safety personnel; and

 WHEREAS, These findings regarding agency size and suicide are
contrary to previous research that suggested that officers at smaller
agencies may have an elevated suicide risk; the smallest agencies, which
account for about 4% of the suicides included in the study, reported
nine or fewer officer deaths by suicide; and

 WHEREAS, It is imperative that there be greater public awareness of
mental illness and suicide within the law enforcement community, and

more must be done to increase activity at the local, State and national
levels; now, therefore, be it

 RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim September 26, 2025, as Law
Enforcement Suicide Awareness Day in the State of New York; and be it
further

 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York.

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