One night eight years ago, Mark DiBona was in a very dark place.
The police officer felt unappreciated, unhappy with his weight, emotional. He had recurring nightmares of scenes he had witnessed at work—death, shootings, child molestation, fatal crashes.
Too embarrassed to reach out for help, he put a gun in his mouth.
Ready to pull the trigger, DiBona thought of his wife, and put the gun down. But emotions consumed him again, and the gun was back in his face.
DiBona again put down the gun and called a friend, who convinced him to get help.
DiBona’s 31 years in law enforcement began in 1985 at the Braintree Police Department in Massachusetts and then the Amtrak Police Department.
