The family of a NYPD cop who committed suicide by hanging himself is suing the city, claiming an exhausting overnight shift exacerbated his bipolar disorder and led to his death.

Sergeant Jose L. Benitez had been on the force for nine years when he died on March 10, 2015.

On his last assignment Benitez, 30, worked throughout the night monitoring video cameras in a Brooklyn housing project.

The Manhattan Supreme Court suit says the department was aware of his condition and that treating the disease required a regular routine and abundance of sleep.

Yet NYPD brass “negligently assigned him to a position that would become a trigger for his eventual demise,” according to court papers.

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"Oh you have mental problems? Let us help you by dumping you in VIPER with the misfit toys"

I'm guessing he was on his way to being psyched off the job. Yet another example of why you NEVER tell the department you have problems.

ETA: I'm not buying the part about working midnights drove him to it though.

Grab a coffee and go sit down. Sounds terrible

Working in VIPER sucks. Most of the guys there are jammed up for disciplinary reasons and under investigation by IA so they have Inspections bosses, Duty Captain, etc. coming by numerous times a shift busting balls.

VIPER?

Is the supervisor Cobra Commander? 

I worked the graveyard for AA and it was a huge belt system moving suitcases to the bag room, every fifth day I would have to sit in the control room with a radio, it was hard staying awake. There must have been at least 20 screens in there.

Probably die from boredom, and gain a shitload of weight.

You remember the guy who bad mouthed Red Billy, they sent him to the VIPERs

It's where they send most people they want to punish, it's as shitty as Central Booking but without the benefit of OT.

I want a ghost town!!! I want to hear an echo!!