WEBVTT >> THOSE OF US IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE’RE HUMAN TOO. >> SERGEANT HEATH BOACKLE SAYS EVERY OFFICER HAS THEIR OWN WAY OF GRIEVING. >> UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THE OFFICERS ARE TAKING THIS EXTREMELY HARD. AND RIGHTFULLY SO, BECAUSE IT’S NOT SOMETHING THAT’S HAPPENED HERE IN THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM IN QUITE SOME TIME. REPORTER: SERGEANT WYTASHA CARTER’S DEATH MARKS THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2004 ONE OF BIRMINGHAM’S POLICE OFFICERS HAS BEEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. CARTER WAS RESPONDING TO A REPORTED CAR BURGLARY WHEN HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED SUNDAY MORNING. >> EVERY OFFICER THAT WAS AFFECTED BY THAT HAS EITHER BEEN IN CONTACT OR PLANS ON REACHING OUT TO THE SUPPORT SERVICES. >> SERVICES BOACKLE SAYS ARE SO OVERWHELMED THAT CITY LEADERS ARE LOOKING TO BRING IN OUTSIDE HELP. BUT IT’S THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT WHICH MATTERS MOST. >> DON’T THINK THAT IT’S GOING UNNOTICED, BECAUSE THE OFFICERS, THEY NEED THAT. IT HELPS COPE. IT HELPS GRIEVE. THE COMMUNITY REALLY DOES CARE. REPORTER: SERGEANT BOACKLE SAYS OFTEN TIMES, OFFICERS DON’T WANT TO SHARE THEIR FEELINGS DURING TIMES LIKE THIS, BUT HE SAYS COMMUNICATION IS CRITICAL RIGHT NOW TO PREVENT THINGS LIKE POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. IN BIRMINGHAM, CHIP SCARBOROUGH, WVTM