“The Wounded Blue” is a powerful film about Police Officers who endured career-ending injuries while on duty only to be faced with unemployment, financial ruin and suicide. The film not only illuminates the tragic consequences of these injured police officers but stresses the importance of peer counseling as well as the need for legislative changes in a system that is clearly broken.
“The Wounded Blue” features, among others, the stories of Texas Police Officer Ann Marie Carrizales who was shot in the face, retired Connecticut Police Officer Phil Roselle who was also shot, and retired Oklahoma Lieutenant Charles Neill, who crashed his police vehicle in a high-speed chase. All of these officers lost as much as 75% of their pay after suffering career-ending injuries in the line of duty. The Wounded Blue tells their stories, stories that the public need to be aware of.
