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Brookhaven police participate in pushup challenge for veterans

By Nicole Emmett

Brookhaven police participating in a 22 pushup challenge to raise awareness about veteran suicide rates.

By Nicole Emmett

ATLANTA — The Brookhaven Police Department is participating in a pushup challenge to raise awareness for fallen veterans.

In a Facebook post, the department says it’s documented that every day, approximately 22 veterans commit suicide.

“Any positive number in this statistic is too much,” the department says.

The challenge is to complete 22 pushups a day for 22 days.

The department challenged Sandy Springs police and the Dunwoody and Chamblee police departments.

Watch the video of the challenge below.

#22pushup

Collectively we have taken on the challenge to join the movement and help raise awareness to our Veterans that are suffering and losing the battle to suicide. Our community and even part of our police department is made up of United States Military Veterans. It’s been documented that every day, approximately 22 veterans commit suicide. Any positive number in this statistic is just too much. The challenge is to complete 22 pushups a day for 22 days. For more information about the history and to donate please go to www.22kill.com. 1-800-273-8255 – Help line We would like to Challenge our family Sandy Springs Police Dunwoody Police Department Chamblee Police Department #22kill #22pushups #Veterans #ThisGearIsHeavy #YouAreNotAlone

Posted by Brookhaven, GA Police Department on Sunday, May 22, 2016

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