Police Psychology:  Moments after Parkland:  A Personal Story

by Gary S. Aumiller, Ph.D. ABPP

I went from police psychologist to victim last week.  I’d not been a victim for awhile, since someone stole my tires in my driveway way back in the 90’s.  This one was a little more active.

Some guy who used to be in my wife’s class at Queensborough Community College (she is a college professor) back 25 years ago decided a day after the Florida school shooting that he would find my wife on a Facebook page and start posting.  He posted on four days about ten posts each day.  Some rambling psychotic stuff at first, then a post saying that he was going to rape my 11-year old daughter in the ass and murder her.  Quite a disturbing thing to read as well as post.  He mentioned my daughter by name, so it was a very specific threat. (more…)