The mental health crisis is more acute among U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, who have a rate of suicide almost 28% higher than at any other law enforcement agency – 115 CBP employees have died by suicide since 2007, Justin Rohrlich reports for Quartz. And yet, despite this serious and real problem, “sources with knowledge of CBP’s efforts to address mental health told Quartz that the agency isn’t doing enough and, in fact, has fostered a culture where seeking help is not only discouraged but punished.” There’s a sensible solution: Christian Penichet-Paul, the Forum’s policy and advocacy manager, “called on the Trump administration—which is spending somewhere between $25 million and $1 billion for each mile of border wall—to redirect some of that money toward proper counseling and other psychological support services for border officers.”
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