{"id":28465,"date":"2016-12-18T18:27:58","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T02:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=28465"},"modified":"2016-12-18T18:27:58","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T02:27:58","slug":"hidden-hurt-life-police-beat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=28465","title":{"rendered":"The Hidden Hurt of Life on the Police Beat"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"article_header module\">\n<div class=\"zonedModule\" data-module-id=\"18\" data-module-name=\"article.app\/lib\/module\/articleHeadline\" data-module-zone=\"article_header\">\n<div class=\"wsj-article-headline-wrap \">\n<div class=\"category\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"article-breadCrumb\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>National soul-searching over officer shootings has obscured a routine reality for cops\u2014the threat of violence is often just behind a door<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"column at8-col8 at12-col7 at16-col9 at16-offset1\">\n<div class=\"module\">\n<div class=\"zonedModule\" data-module-id=\"17\" data-module-name=\"article.app\/lib\/module\/articleBody\" data-module-zone=\"article_body\">\n<div id=\"wsj-article-wrap\" class=\"article-wrap\" data-sbid=\"SB11202777042148913632204582487304151949514\">\n<div id=\"cx-articlecover\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"articlebody-i18n\" data-i18n-hide-caption=\"HIDE CAPTION\" data-i18n-show-caption=\"SHOW CAPTION\" data-i18n-advertisement=\"Advertisement\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"is-lead-inset\">\n<div class=\"media-object header header\" data-layout=\"header \" data-layout-mobile=\"\">\n<div class=\"media-object-image enlarge-image renoImageFormat-HD img-header\">\n<div class=\"image-container responsive-media loaded\" data-mobile-ratio=\"62.5000%\" data-layout-ratio=\"62.5000%\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Officer Brian Leatherwood responded to what seemed a routine call in Knoxville, Tenn. He was...\" src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG310_1215po_HD_20161215232810.jpg\" alt=\"Officer Brian Leatherwood responded to what seemed a routine call in Knoxville, Tenn. He was attacked, shot his assailant dead and was left injured and traumatized.\" data-intent=\"\" data-in-base-src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG310_1215po_HD_20161215232810.jpg\" data-in-at4units-src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG310_1215po_HD_20161215232810.jpg\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG310_1215po_M_20161215232810.jpg\" \/><span class=\"image-enlarge\">ENLARGE<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"wsj-article-caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"wsj-article-caption-content\">Officer Brian Leatherwood responded to what seemed a routine call in Knoxville, Tenn. He was attacked, shot his assailant dead and was left injured and traumatized.<\/span><span class=\"wsj-article-credit\"><span class=\"wsj-article-credit-tag\">PHOTO: <\/span>BEN CORDA FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix byline-wrap\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;author&quot;,&quot;header&quot;:&quot;Gary Fields&quot;,&quot;subhead&quot;:&quot;The Wall Street Journal&quot;,&quot;list&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:&quot;bio&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/topics.wsj.com\/person\/A\/biography\/1339&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Biography&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:&quot;email&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;mailto:Gary.Fields@wsj.com&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Gary.Fields@wsj.com&quot;}]}\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"name\">BY GARY FIELDS<\/span> and<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;author&quot;,&quot;header&quot;:&quot;Zusha Elinson&quot;,&quot;subhead&quot;:&quot;The Wall Street Journal&quot;,&quot;list&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:&quot;bio&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/topics.wsj.com\/person\/A\/biography\/7782&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Biography&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:&quot;twitter&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/twitter.com\/ZushaElinson&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;@ZushaElinson&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:&quot;email&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;mailto:zusha.elinson@wsj.com&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;zusha.elinson@wsj.com&quot;}]}\"><span class=\"name\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">ZUSHA ELINSON<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;author&quot;,&quot;header&quot;:&quot;Zusha Elinson&quot;,&quot;subhead&quot;:&quot;The Wall Street Journal&quot;,&quot;list&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:&quot;bio&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/topics.wsj.com\/person\/A\/biography\/7782&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Biography&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:&quot;twitter&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/twitter.com\/ZushaElinson&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;@ZushaElinson&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:&quot;email&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;mailto:zusha.elinson@wsj.com&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;zusha.elinson@wsj.com&quot;}]}\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;author&quot;,&quot;header&quot;:&quot;Zusha Elinson&quot;,&quot;subhead&quot;:&quot;The Wall Street Journal&quot;,&quot;list&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:&quot;bio&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/topics.wsj.com\/person\/A\/biography\/7782&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Biography&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:&quot;twitter&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/twitter.com\/ZushaElinson&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;@ZushaElinson&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:&quot;email&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;mailto:zusha.elinson@wsj.com&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;zusha.elinson@wsj.com&quot;}]}\"><strong>WALL STREET JOURNAL<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><time class=\"timestamp\">Updated Dec. 18, 2016<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The <a class=\"icon none\" href=\"http:\/\/graphics.wsj.com\/dallas-police-involved-deaths\/\">high-profile shootings<\/a> of civilians at the hands of police, and police at the <a class=\"icon none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/amid-dallas-shootings-a-night-of-heroics-tragedy-for-police-1468077596\">hands of civilians<\/a>, has led to some fierce national soul-searching. That has obscured a routine reality of life on the beat, where the threat of violence is often just behind a door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Officer Brian Leatherwood thought the elderly woman was alone and needed medical help when he responded to a routine call for assistance one 2012 night in Knoxville, Tenn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He heard yelling in the kitchen and went to investigate when a man rushed out and began beating him. A minute later, blood was pouring from the policeman\u2019s head and his assailant, whom he had shot twice, was dying on the living-room floor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI went to work that\u00a0Friday\u00a0in a clean, fresh uniform and nothing wrong,\u201d Officer Leatherwood said. He got home the next morning looking like \u201cFrankenstein,\u201d with \u201c100 sutures in my forehead and the top of my head.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Four years have passed since the shooting of the mentally ill man, which an investigation concluded was justifiable. The 47-year-old veteran officer is still prone to mood swings, intense headaches and short-term memory loss as a result of the encounter.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-object inline scope-web|mobileapps inline\" data-layout=\"inline \" data-layout-mobile=\"\">\n<div class=\"media-object-image renoImageFormat-P img-inline\">\n<div class=\"image-container responsive-media loaded\" data-mobile-ratio=\"66.6161%\" data-layout-ratio=\"66.6222%\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Officer Leatherwood, 47, at home with his family this month, is still prone to mood...\" src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG314_1215po_P_20161215232810.jpg\" alt=\"Officer Leatherwood, 47, at home with his family this month, is still prone to mood swings, intense headaches and short-term memory loss as a result of his deadly 2012 encounter.\" data-intent=\"\" data-in-base-src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG314_1215po_P_20161215232810.jpg\" data-in-at4units-src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG314_1215po_H_20161215232810.jpg\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG314_1215po_M_20161215232810.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"wsj-article-caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span class=\"wsj-article-caption-content\">Officer Leatherwood, 47, at home with his family this month, is still prone to mood swings, intense headaches and short-term memory loss as a result of his deadly 2012 encounter.<\/span> <span class=\"wsj-article-credit\"><span class=\"wsj-article-credit-tag\">PHOTO: <\/span>BEN CORDA FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Much of the national debate has focused<a class=\"icon none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/viral-videos-shape-views-of-police-conduct-1451512011\"> on videotaped police shootings<\/a> of civilians, <a class=\"icon none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/two-police-killings-of-black-men-part-of-pattern-of-racial-disparity-obama-says-1467919272\">mostly minorities,<\/a> prompting <a class=\"icon none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/for-cities-after-ferguson-a-body-camera-dilemma-1457381795\">calls for more body cameras <\/a>and<a class=\"icon none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/new-police-training-philosophy-gets-mixed-reception-1438939800\"> changes in training <\/a>and <a class=\"icon none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/new-policing-strategy-aims-to-cut-crime-with-better-community-ties-1480518001\">de-escalation techniques<\/a>. The International Association of Chiefs of Police, one of the world\u2019s largest organizations of police executives, recently offered an <a class=\"icon none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/president-of-law-enforcement-group-apologizes-for-police-role-in-mistreating-minorities-1476736508\">unprecedented apology<\/a> for the profession\u2019s role in \u201csociety\u2019s historical mistreatment of communities of color.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">At the same time, public officials, including President Barack Obama, have <a class=\"icon none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/obama-praises-police-in-open-letter-1468948756\">voiced support for police<\/a>, and <a class=\"icon none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/americans-respect-for-police-reaches-highest-level-since-1967-poll-finds-1477344780\">some polls <\/a>show Americans\u2019 respect for officers rising. Much attention goes to <a class=\"icon none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-police-deaths-rise-in-first-half-of-year-1469632736\">police killed in the line of duty<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Less noticed are the thousands more officers assaulted each year. Those numbers increased 2.5% in 2015 to 50,212 from 48,988 in 2014, the Federal Bureau of Investigation says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Of those assaulted in 2015, there was a slight increase in the percentage of officers injured in the attacks. FBI statistics don\u2019t show how many officers leave the profession, often driven away by stress and trauma, or officers who continue working with permanent physical or mental injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"unruly\" class=\"wsj-body-ad-placement\">\n<div class=\"wsj-body-ad \">\n<div id=\"wsj-body-AD_G3\" class=\"wsj-responsive-ad-wrap wsj-ad-article-body\" data-ad-options=\"{&quot;adId&quot;:&quot;AD_G&quot;,&quot;adUnitPath&quot;:&quot;\/2\/interactive.wsj.com\/news_story&quot;,&quot;adSize&quot;:[[2,2]],&quot;adSizeMap&quot;:null,&quot;autoRefresh&quot;:false,&quot;adTargeting&quot;:{&quot;metazone&quot;:null,&quot;msrc&quot;:null,&quot;circ&quot;:&quot;subscriber&quot;,&quot;bkuuid&quot;:&quot;dixoe46g99yz0aor&quot;,&quot;cke&quot;:&quot;A11-G17&quot;,&quot;p39&quot;:null},&quot;disableRefresh&quot;:false}\" data-tracking=\"interactive.wsj.com\/news_story\" data-google-query-id=\"CPLmj6WX_9ACFYe6swodwpYC4g\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/2\/interactive.wsj.com\/news_story_3__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/2\/interactive.wsj.com\/news_story_3\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/2\/interactive.wsj.com\/news_story_3\" width=\"2\" height=\"2\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Officers also often don\u2019t speak about their concerns, especially what stresses or scares them, said David Thomas, a forensic psychologist who counsels law-enforcement employees and is a Florida Gulf Coast University justice-studies professor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The stress, when held inside, can change how an officer interacts with the public, said Mr. Thomas, a retired officer and former hostage negotiator. That stress \u201chas to come out someplace,\u201d he said, \u201cand when it does, it is nasty. It has to impact your judgment and the way you talk to people. It impacts everything you do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A deputy\u2019s death<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In Fort Bragg, Calif., 170 miles north of San Francisco, Chief Scott Mayberry was looking over his department\u2019s electricity bill at the main station when Lt. John Naulty interrupted him: A high-speed chase was heading toward town.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-object inline scope-web|mobileapps inline\" data-layout=\"inline \" data-layout-mobile=\"\">\n<div class=\"media-object-image renoImageFormat-P img-inline\">\n<div class=\"image-container responsive-media loaded\" data-mobile-ratio=\"66.6161%\" data-layout-ratio=\"66.6222%\">\n<figure style=\"width: 749px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Scott Mayberry began having anxiety attacks and seizures soon after he engaged in a car...\" src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG311_1215po_P_20161215232810.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Mayberry began having anxiety attacks and seizures soon after he engaged in a car chase that left a deputy and suspect shot dead.\" width=\"749\" height=\"499\" data-intent=\"\" data-in-base-src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG311_1215po_P_20161215232810.jpg\" data-in-at4units-src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG311_1215po_H_20161215232810.jpg\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG311_1215po_M_20161215232810.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott Mayberry began having anxiety attacks and seizures soon after he engaged in a car chase that left a deputy and suspect shot dead. PHOTO: PABLO ABULIAK FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wsj-article-caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Lt. Naulty grabbed an AR-15 rifle from the gun locker and took off in an unmarked Dodge Magnum.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Another officer, Ricky Del Fiorentino of Mendocino County, was already in pursuit in an SUV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Lt. Naulty drove up behind the deputy\u2019s SUV, lost sight of it at a bend, then heard gunshots. The suspect had ambushed Deputy Del Fiorentino. Coming on the scene, Lt. Naulty engaged the suspect in a pitched gunbattle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Chief Mayberry pulled up, putting his car between the shooter and his lieutenant as a shield. The suspect ended the skirmish by shooting himself dead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Deputy Del Fiorentino\u2019s SUV was riddled with bullets. Chief Mayberry looked in the vehicle and knew the deputy was dead. \u201cThere was nothing we could do to save him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In the weeks to come, Chief Mayberry began having anxiety attacks and seizures, including one at a restaurant that led to an emergency-room trip.\u00a0Within four months of the 2014 incident,\u00a0he retired from the department and joined the county district attorney\u2019s office as a special investigator. Now 53, he said he won\u2019t return to police work.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-object wrap scope-web|mobileapps wrap\" data-layout=\"wrap \" data-layout-mobile=\"\">\n<div class=\"media-object-image renoImageFormat-M img-wrap\">\n<div class=\"image-container responsive-media loaded\" data-mobile-ratio=\"149.9121%\" data-layout-ratio=\"149.9121%\">\n<figure style=\"width: 569px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mr. Mayberry, 53, at home this month, was police chief in Fort Bragg, Calif., at...\" src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG313_1215po_M_20161215232810.jpg\" alt=\"Mr. Mayberry, 53, at home this month, was police chief in Fort Bragg, Calif., at the time of the deadly 2014 shooting.\" width=\"569\" height=\"853\" data-intent=\"\" data-in-base-src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG313_1215po_M_20161215232810.jpg\" data-in-at4units-src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG313_1215po_M_20161215232810.jpg\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG313_1215po_M_20161215232810.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Mayberry, 53, at home this month, was police chief in Fort Bragg, Calif., at the time of the deadly 2014 shooting. PHOTO: PABLO ABULIAK FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wsj-article-caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Lt. Naulty had flare-ups in weeks that followed. There was an altercation with a neighbor and a road-rage incident, he said. He worried he would die in some other way, once panicking and screaming as his wife drove when she pulled in front of a car that was two blocks away.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The world closed in at odd moments. At a restaurant, he thought people were talking about how he was the hero cop who killed the gunman. He left without incident, but \u201cthat was the last time I went out for a long time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The department forced him to retire on medical disability. He said he couldn\u2019t talk about the circumstances, citing a settlement. The city manager confirmed he left on medical disability but said she couldn\u2019t speak further about a personnel matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Today, he drives a gravel truck. \u201cI\u2019ve had opportunities to get back in law enforcement,\u201d he said, \u201cbut I\u2019m done with it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Studies estimate 15% of law-enforcement officers suffer from at least some of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, said University of Buffalo Professor John Violanti, who did research with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on the health effects of stress on officers. A deadly incident can generate symptoms, he said, even when an officer isn\u2019t directly involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In October, Sgt. Steve Owen, a popular 29-year-veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department, was wounded by a burglary suspect who then stood over the officer and fired four times, killing him, according to the department. Coming after a bloody summer that saw <a class=\"icon none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/amid-dallas-shootings-a-night-of-heroics-tragedy-for-police-1468077596\">five officers gunned down in Dallas<\/a> at a protest, the death caught the national spotlight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Deputies from the department streamed in for counseling afterward, said\u00a0Steven Sultan, a psychologist who heads the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department\u2019s Psychological Services Bureau. The trauma experienced by officers, he said, is \u201cunder-acknowledged.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-object wrap scope-web|mobileapps wrap\" data-layout=\"wrap \" data-layout-mobile=\"\">\n<div class=\"media-object-image renoImageFormat-GR img-wrap\">\n<div class=\"image-container responsive-media loaded\" data-mobile-ratio=\"121.9880%\" data-layout-ratio=\"121.9880%\">\n<figure style=\"width: 664px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mr. Mayberry, here in uniform as police chief, is now a special investigator for the...\" src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG316_1215po_GR_20161215232818.jpg\" alt=\"Mr. Mayberry, here in uniform as police chief, is now a special investigator for the county district attorney\u2019s office. He says he won\u2019t return to police work.\" width=\"664\" height=\"810\" data-intent=\"\" data-in-base-src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG316_1215po_GR_20161215232818.jpg\" data-in-at4units-src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG316_1215po_GR_20161215232818.jpg\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG316_1215po_M_20161215232818.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Mayberry, here in uniform as police chief, is now a special investigator for the county district attorney\u2019s office. He says he won\u2019t return to police work. PHOTO: ROBERTA MAYBERRY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wsj-article-caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Most officers fare much better after trauma than civilians would, Dr. Sultan said, because they have \u201cmechanisms for dealing with these things that the average person doesn\u2019t,\u201d such as training and peers with similar experiences. While an officer\u2019s diagnosis with full-blown clinical PTSD from a shooting is very rare, he said, more common is acute stress disorder, which has the same symptoms, including nightmares, anxiety and avoiding the scene, but dissipates within a few months.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Dr. Sultan studied 172 shootings involving 449 Los Angeles County deputies and found the leading\u00a0reactions\u00a0were second-guessing and indecision, followed by a heightened sense of danger, legal concerns and flashbacks. He found \u201cvirtually all\u201d deputies returned to the job within days of the incident without reporting \u201csevere difficulties.\u201d Without the mandatory post-shooting meetings with Dr. Sultan\u2019s psychologists, deputies who were struggling after shootings probably wouldn\u2019t have sought help on their own, the study found.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In some cases, such as after multiple traumas or mass-casualty events, Dr. Sultan said, there can be more-lasting effects that lead officers to leave the profession. And in some small departments, he said, it may be difficult for officers to get the help they need because of a lack of specialized psychologists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">After high-profile events such as the killing of an officer, police departments are usually quick to provide support for officers, said Charles Ramsey, who was Philadelphia police commissioner for eight years, chief in Washington, D.C., for nearly a decade and co-chair of President Obama\u2019s <a class=\"icon none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/task-force-report-calls-for-more-body-cameras-1425257551\">Task Force on 21st Century Policing<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cBut what about the trauma that officers are exposed to a nearly daily basis?\u201d said Mr. Ramsey. Traumas of everyday police work in big cities, full of violence and gruesome crime scenes, build up over time and aren&#8217;t always addressed by departments, he said. \u201cSome just go into depression, some deal with alcohol abuse, domestic violence. We have a higher rate of suicide than the majority of professions in this country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A career altered<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When Officer Leatherwood in Knoxville headed out on his first call of the night of July 6, 2012, he knew how quickly a routine call can turn deadly. In 2001, he and a partner answered a domestic-violence call and were escorting a woman to her vehicle when her estranged husband appeared suddenly and drew a gun.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-object inline scope-web|mobileapps inline\" data-layout=\"inline \" data-layout-mobile=\"\">\n<div class=\"media-object-image renoImageFormat-P img-inline\">\n<div class=\"image-container responsive-media loaded\" data-mobile-ratio=\"66.6161%\" data-layout-ratio=\"66.6222%\">\n<figure style=\"width: 749px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Officer Leatherwood received a Purple Heart from his department in 2013 for the 2012 incident...\" src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG315_1215po_P_20161215232810.jpg\" alt=\"Officer Leatherwood received a Purple Heart from his department in 2013 for the 2012 incident that left him wounded.\" width=\"749\" height=\"499\" data-intent=\"\" data-in-base-src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG315_1215po_P_20161215232810.jpg\" data-in-at4units-src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG315_1215po_H_20161215232810.jpg\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG315_1215po_M_20161215232810.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Officer Leatherwood received a Purple Heart from his department in 2013 for the 2012 incident that left him wounded. PHOTO: TIFFANY HAMLIN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wsj-article-caption\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wsj-article-caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The man fired two shots at the officers before they shot him dead.\u00a0Through the encounter, the suspect never spoke a word. The shooting was ruled justified.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The July 6 call came in as a possible domestic dispute. Officer Leatherwood arrived first and saw Shirley Capps, then 74, who asked him to come inside. He heard yelling from the kitchen and moved to see, finding her son, Paul Edward Capps, 47.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Mr. Capps came at him quickly. Officer Leatherwood tried to use his flashlight to fend him off, but the man grabbed it and bludgeoned the officer, according to a Knoxville Police report. Officer Leatherwood tried using a Taser, but that failed to subdue the attacker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Finally, he got to his gun and fired two shots that killed Mr. Capps. The fight lasted 68 seconds, an audio recording later showed. It seemed like hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Officer Leatherwood was put on leave the next morning. Recriminations began quickly on the Web. Some said the police should have known about Mr. Capps\u2019 mental-health issues. Others pointed out Officer Leatherwood had been involved in a previous fatal shooting and asked why he didn\u2019t wait for backup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The chief called and told him, \u201cDon\u2019t go reading anything\u201d online. Officer Leatherwood responded: \u201cChief, it\u2019s too late.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He took seven weeks off work and needed physical therapy, he said, suffering a traumatic brain injury and concussion. Today, he sees a neurologist regularly. Mood swings catch him off-guard, he said, as do blinding headaches. He can\u2019t exert himself physically as much as he used to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He works in property crimes. Superiors thought it best he get out of patrol, he said. He applied to join the organized-crime unit, but the chief said he didn\u2019t feel comfortable putting him back where he could be in another gunfight. A department spokesman confirmed his account.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-object inline scope-web|mobileapps inline\" data-layout=\"inline \" data-layout-mobile=\"\">\n<div class=\"media-object-image renoImageFormat-P img-inline\">\n<div class=\"image-container responsive-media loaded\" data-mobile-ratio=\"66.6161%\" data-layout-ratio=\"66.6222%\">\n<figure style=\"width: 749px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Officer Leatherwood now works in the property-crimes division.\" src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG312_1215po_P_20161215232810.jpg\" alt=\"Officer Leatherwood now works in the property-crimes division.\" width=\"749\" height=\"499\" data-intent=\"\" data-in-base-src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG312_1215po_P_20161215232810.jpg\" data-in-at4units-src=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG312_1215po_H_20161215232810.jpg\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/si.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/BN-RG312_1215po_M_20161215232810.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Officer Leatherwood now works in the property-crimes division. 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