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I see even in retirement, I see the pain
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and suffering that I caused Judy and the
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kids because not being
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educated, understanding, right?
0:10
well, I think more importantly, not just
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not having the support you needed, not
0:15
knowing back when you started that
0:16
wasn't really like common knowledge.
0:18
People didn't talk about it. It was kind
0:19
of like pull up your bootstraps and go
0:21
along and get along. And that people, we
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to turn a blind eye about it. I mean, I
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I remember one three-year span in
0:29
Phoenix, there were 22 deaths by suicide
0:31
from fire. And I'm like, this is
0:33
unacceptable. We must do better. And as
0:35
a result, you know, that and you know,
0:37
the Craig Tiger Act, uh, HB2502 is an
0:41
act that was passed in the state of
0:43
Arizona where if you have a qualifying
0:45
event, you know, seeing someone hurt,
0:47
maimed, harmed, the helpless stuff,
0:50
everybody who's a first responder has
0:51
had one of these events. You can
0:53
actually go to your command or not even
0:55
go to your command. There's areas that
0:56
we can go. We're going to drop that
0:58
content for Arizonans in the show notes.
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If you're a first responder, you don't
1:01
even have to share with your command
1:03
that you would like to get some help.
1:04
And they cover the costs with actually
1:06
specialists who are pre-approved for
1:08
this for this kind of work for EMDR
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therapy and other sematic approaches.
