{"id":76420,"date":"2024-05-09T13:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T13:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/05\/09\/most-va-police-have-not-finished-veteran-suicide-prevention-training\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:52:08","slug":"most-va-police-have-not-finished-veteran-suicide-prevention-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2024\/05\/09\/most-va-police-have-not-finished-veteran-suicide-prevention-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Most VA police have not finished veteran suicide prevention training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fewer than one-third of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2023\/06\/16\/all-veterans-affairs-police-to-get-body-cameras-by-the-end-of-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans Affairs police officers<\/a> completed their annual<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2023\/11\/16\/veteran-suicides-rose-in-2021-despite-increased-prevention-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\"> suicide prevention training<\/a> last year, leaving thousands of law enforcement personnel underprepared to handle mental health crisis situations on department campuses, according to a report from department whistleblowers released Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA leaders said they are looking into reports of the training shortfalls, which were brought to light by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2023\/02\/21\/health-chief-concerned-by-reports-of-improper-surgeries-at-kansas-va\/\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Veterans Affairs Committee ranking member Jerry Moran,<\/a> R-Kansas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, department press secretary Terrence Hayes said officials are focused on \u201censuring our employees at all levels, including police officers, have the robust training required to intervene and protect veterans during a crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2023\/11\/16\/veteran-suicides-rose-in-2021-despite-increased-prevention-efforts\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SuicideSlide1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Veteran suicides rose in 2021 despite increased prevention efforts<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">More than 70,000 veterans died by suicide from 2011 to 2001.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Moran called the delays in training unacceptable, given the importance of first-responders\u2019 role in helping unstable veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is wholly unacceptable and I fear it is our veterans and VA\u2019s workforce who are paying the price,\u201d he said in a letter to VA Secretary Denis McDonough released Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVA\u2019s own police force is not trained in de-escalation skills and suicide prevention, as required by law. There is no excuse for VA not taking all the steps the department can \u2014 much less the steps that Congress requires \u2014 to prevent the unnecessary loss of life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020, Congress mandated that VA provide police officers with annual training on how to prevent suicide through crisis intervention and de-escalation skills. The move came amid a small but growing number of veteran suicides on department medical center campuses, just a short distance away from potentially life-saving help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Moran\u2019s office said VA officials reported that from January 2023 to March 2024, only 1,297 out of 4,505 armed VA police officers \u2014 about 29% \u2014 completed that required training. 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