Jex is the subject of “Officer in Distress,” Tribune Senior Managing Editor Matt Canham’s wrenching deep dive into the stress of police work and its consequences. If there is one thing that hangs over the series wrapping up in Sunday’s paper, it is that police are asked to witness too much without having it affect them.
That is not how brains work. The mind doesn’t just let go, and cop work is full of moments that need to be let go.
One such moment came when Jex was already reeling from guilt and anxiety over dead colleagues.