No, Police Aren't Quitting In Droves

[applegrove]

No, Police Aren’t Quitting In Droves

September 1, 2021 at 1:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 40 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/09/01/no-police-arent-quitting-in-droves/

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Marshall Project: “Since last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests, there’s a popular refrain echoing through urban police precincts, rural sheriff’s offices, and city halls everywhere in between: officers are fleeing America’s police forces in big numbers.”

“According to federal data, those worries are unfounded. Last year, as the overall U.S. economy shed 6% of workers, local police departments lost just under 1% of employees after a decade of steady expansion… That’s about 4,000 people out of nearly half a million employees in municipal police departments and sheriff’s offices nationwide.”

“State and federal law enforcement departments actually saw a slight increase in the number of employees.”

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[msongs]

1. too bad. forces need to get rid of all the criminals in uniforms nt

[applegrove]

2. Don't you think they are the ones that quit?

[underpants]

3. Very interesting. Thanks.

[mucifer]

4. Well they sure are in Chicago:

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/04/cpds-rising-retirement-numbers/

[2naSalit]

5. Some are dying from covid too.

[bluedevil4]

6. Does that

apply to nyc? I do think they are under staffed