How are we failing those who keep us safe?

I don't know if you've noticed, but lately, a lot of cops, and most recently a firefighter, have been killing themselves.

That link above is from March, the latest firefighter is from this weekend, but google some more and you'll see that, while this epidemic doesn't get that much press (perhaps because such things are often not-publicized for fear of encouraging copycats), it's a real thing.

So what's going on? Mismanagement? Lack of officer support services? Bad luck?

How terrible. We seem to celebrate those in public safety - and we certainly use them to sell political initiatives - but surely we're failing them if so many feel so lonely and so troubled that they see no other way out than death at their own hands.