First Responders Hope Lawmakers Try Again on PTSD Bill

First responders in Wisconsin are hoping the upcoming legislative session will address what they say is a growing need to make post-traumatic stress disorder a compensable condition. "You have suicides outpacing on-duty deaths," state Sen. Andre Jacque, R-DePere, told a Milwaukee TV station. "There was a push for this legislation started about three years ago. And in those last three years, we've lost over 15 officers,” said Mike Doud, director of the Wisconsin Injured Law Enforcement Officers Resource Council. Jacque has authored a bill that would make PTSD a compe...