"My life was affected," Schook said, adding: "I worked my way through all of that alone. I was never offered any assistance from my department." Except; a steady job with security through a time of a crumbling economy, a steady paycheck and source of income, vacation time, healthcare benefits including access to mental/emotional health and crisis counseling, retirement benefits, a take home car with fuel provided by the tax paying citizens of New Albany and the list goes on...