“Police officer is “the occupation with the highest suicide rate of any profession.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 17 Jun 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Data is limited, but what is available does not indicate police officers have the highest rate of suicide out of all professions or industries.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 June 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 June 2020, 7 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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