Call for ongoing mental health assessments for police after shooting

The vice-president of the Cyprus Psychologists’ Association, Stella Katsari, has called for the introduction of a formal framework for the continuous assessment of police officers, particularly regarding the possession and renewal of firearm permits.

Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) in the wake of the recent shooting in Limassol, in which a police officer critically wounded his wife with his service weapon before taking his own life, Katsari commented on the fact that psychometric...