This mental health crisis is primarily due to many RCMP officers seeking a pension related to health issues, either physically or mentally. And there are many who abuse the pension system. Yes there are some who suffer as a direct result of being a policeman but there are far more who convince not only themselves but authorities that they suffer PTSD. This is not surprising as North American culture has become "soft", a society that whines, whimpers and complains at the slightest provocation. Stemming from the impact of pharmasecutical companies reaping billions but also from legal system promoting law suits of whiners. In the Mayerthrope situation yes officers would have had emotional stress, but the top brass ignored the signs, leaving the officers to cope on their own. The Moncton scenario could not have been foreseen but the bedlam that ensued was repeated with the shooter on the Hill. Where RCMP could assist their employees is to teach/train/educate them on how control fear panic.