201: Brian Sizemore - A family's ordeal with police suicide

Game of Crimes

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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

We confront the devastating truth about police suicide through the deeply personal story of Brian Sizemore, the father of Lucas Sizemore, a dedicated police officer who tragically took his own life. This emotional and eye-opening conversation dives deep into the mental health crisis in law enforcement, the cultural stigma that prevents officers from seeking help, and the traumatic toll that constant exposure to danger and stress takes on our heroes in blue.

Brian shares his heartbreaking journey of loss, grief, and resilience. He reveals how this tragedy led to the creation of the Lucas Foundation, a powerful movement dedicated to raising awareness, providing resources, and advocating for mental health support in the law enforcement community.

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0:00.0	Hey, gang, Murph here. This week's episode on Game of Crimes is a special and extremely important topic.
0:07.2	We'll talk with a father whose police officer's son committed suicide. Did you know that more
0:13.0	police officers in the United States die from suicide than any other cause? It's an issue that
0:18.7	should not be an issue in modern dayday society, but here we are.
0:23.0	I'm providing this caveat because our guest today, Brian Seismore, is completely open, honest, transparent about what happened with his son, Lucas, Seismore.
0:33.4	You may want to have some tissues ready.
0:35.8	I'm telling you, today's is a tearjerker, and that's why I'm providing this caveat.
0:40.1	Brian will share everything about what he and his family have gone through, and it's very raw, emotional, and eye-opening.
0:47.8	But you also hear about how Brian and his family have taken this tragedy and turned it into something positive.
0:53.6	I'm asking that you listen to this
0:55.1	entire conversation and then share it with your family and friends. We already have so many issues in
1:00.2	our world today. Police suicide should not be one of those. Also, we had a third person who participated
1:06.9	in the interview, Jared Murphy, who is the acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security in Detroit.
1:13.8	And fortunately, we had some Wi-Fi and download issues and Jared's parts could not be salvage.
1:18.8	Jared, brother, I apologize for that. But I want to personally thank you for everything you've done and are continuing to do to assist the Seizmore family and bring awareness to the
1:28.8	issue of police suicides. Thanks for joining us again today on Game of Crimes. May God bless
1:34.5	our men and women in blue. Hey, everybody.
1:50.4	Welcome back to the next episode of Game of Crimes with Murph in the morning.
1:55.0	This is a very special and different episode this week.
2:00.5	You know, I've had a lot of victims on here,
2:02.4	or I've had several victims on here, crime victims. But today, you see, I've got
2:07.0	representative family member of a victim. That's Brian Seismore. Welcome to the Game of Crimes.
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