Police officer dies in non-suspicious shooting, latest cop to take own life

A male senior constable has died after a shooting that is being treated as non-suspicious — the latest in a long line of officers to take their own lives.

A police officer has taken his own life. Picture: AAP Image/James Ross

A police officer has died in a non-suspicious shooting in Melbourne’s southeast.

The male senior constable took his own life at a home in Dandenong North early Sunday.

The Herald Sun understands the shooting occurred in a family home with a firearm not registered to police.

A Coroner will investigate the circumstances surrounding his death.

He is the latest serving police officer to take his own life.

A male officer was found dead at the Australian Federal Police headquarters in Melbourne in November 2017.

A female agent died in a non-suspicious shooting at the same building eight months earlier.

Two Victoria Police officer killed themselves in the same week in 2016.

An officer in the southern metro area took his life in February, two days after another member killed himself in regional Victoria.

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And a female officer used a service-issued weapon to take her life at a Seaford police centre in October 2015.

Her death triggered Victoria Police to undertake a major review of mental health within the force.

Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton and police union boss Wayne Gatt last year completed a 1000km fundraiser walk to raise awareness for retired police with mental health injuries

The Head to Head walk raised almost $600, 000 for crucial mental health services.

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