This is just New York - Cops quitting across the Divided States of America

[Snattlerake]

New York, NY – New York Police Department data showed a 75 percent jump in officer retirements and resignations in 2020 compared to one year earlier.

More than 5,300 uniformed NYPD officers quit or submitted paperwork to retire last year, the New York Post reported.

The data showed that 2,600 officers resigned from the police department and 2,746 filed for retirement, bringing the grand total of NYPD off the streets in 2020 to 5,346.



The loss represented about 15 percent of the entire police force, the New York Post reported.

NYPD statistics showed that only 1,509 officers quit and just 1,544 retired in 2019, for a total loss of 3,053 uniformed officers that year.

As of April 5, the NYPD had only 34,974 uniformed officers on the street as compared to the 36,900 they had on the force in 2019, the New York Post reported.

So far this year – as of April 21 – already 831 NYPD officers have retired or resigned.

 

[JLB]

Very sad statistic, it will probably get worse long before it gets better. I cannot blame any of them for resigning or retiring. They have been treated worse than dirt for many years. I wouldn't have made it a year under the circumstances they have. Very little support for an already almost thankless job. Very sad indeed

 

[rc508pir]

Id like to know how many, if any, have resigned from Minniapolis PD

 

[L.C.]

It will get worst, buckle up.

 

[Hodrod]

I'm can't believe that more haven't left the force. Unappreciated, ridiculed, cussed out, attacked physically and mentally and sued for just about anything....its sad...!!!

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

It will get worst, buckle up.

Yes, and arm as well. There is a mighty big fan blowing an ill wind across the land.

Woody

 

[swampratt]

Some more statistics but back in 1998. And earlier.
https://ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/crimerep.html

March 16, 1998



Police Staffing Levels and Reported Crime Rates in America’s
Largest Cities: Results of Preliminary Analysis


In March 1998, at the request of Councilmember Sheldon S. Leffler, Chairman of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee, the Independent Budget Office (IBO) conducted an analysis of police staffing levels and crime rates in the nation’s largest cities. In particular, IBO considered the extent to which a relationship exists between the two variables. We have expedited release of this preliminary analysis to assist Councilmember Leffler with his committee’s March 19th public hearing on the Police Department’s preliminary budget for 1999.

As shown in Figure 1, uniformed police staffing in New York City has grown by about 6,000 police officers in the 1990s, primarily as a result of the Safe Streets, Safe City initiative. The Mayor’s preliminary budget for 1999 proposes further expanding NYPD uniformed staffing by 1,600 police officers, to an all-time high of 40,210 by August 1998. The cost of hiring and retaining the additional police officers would be partially covered by federal funding made available through the Justice Department’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. More specifically, the Mayor’s financial plan calls for funding the additional officers by combining COPS funds with about $21 million annually in city taxpayer dollars from 1999 through 2001. The Mayor’s plan assumes expiration of the COPS program funding in 2002, thereby necessitating full city funding for the additional officers at an annual cost of about $66 million.

Police staffing levels in America’s 25 largest cities

As shown in Figure 2, New York City (with 53 police officers per 10,000 residents) is currently second only to Washington among the nation’s 25 most populous cities in terms of police officers per capita, with the average ratio in the other cities at 29 police officers per 10,000 residents. If the Mayor’s proposal is adopted and NYPD expands to 40,210 uniformed personnel, New York City would have 55 police officers per 10,000 residents, almost double the average in America’s next 24 largest cities. (Note: IBO is aware of the fact that when gauging police coverage in a given city, the number of police officers actually engaged in direct law enforcement activities, often referred to as patrol strength, is in many ways a more meaningful measure than the total number of officers on the payroll. However, given that patrol strength is not defined consistently from city to city, we focus in this analysis on per capita police staffing.)

Reported crime in America’s 25 largest cities

New York City’s recent reductions in crime have resulted in the city having one of the lowest crime rates in the country among large cities. More specifically, as shown in Figure 3, New York City now has a lower crime rate than all but two of the nation’s 25 most populous cities. (References to crime in this report pertain to FBI Index Crimes, comprising murder and non-negligent manslaughter, robbery, forcible rape, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny theft, and motor vehicle theft.)

Empirical connections between police staffing levels and rates of reported crime

Clearly, crime has been going down in the 1990s in New York City while the number of police officers has gone up. What is less clear, however, is the precise relationship between the two trends. That is, has crime fallen primarily because of rising police staffing levels, more effective deployment of police resources, or some combination of the two? To what extent have factors such as demographic shifts, alterations in drug consumption patterns, rising rates of incarceration of offenders, or some combination of these and perhaps other factors contributed to the declines in reported crime? These questions continue to be the focal point of vigorous debate.

With respect to empirically demonstrated connections between police staffing levels and rates of reported crime, there seems to be no clear consensus among the academic community. For example, Professor Lawrence W. Sherman from the University of Maryland recently indicated that most of the studies that have been done on the effect of police staffing levels on reported crime are "scientifically weak."

On a very basic level, however, a review of the data in Figures 2 and 3 reveals the fact that police staffing is obviously not the only factor influencing crime rates. Most notably, the two major cities with lower crime rates than New York, as shown at the bottom of Figure 3, also occupy the bottom two positions within Figure 2. In other words, Indianapolis and San Jose have the lowest crime rates among the nation’s 25 largest cities, despite the fact that they are also the least heavily staffed in terms of police personnel per capita.

Further analysis of data we have gathered to date is shown in Figure 4, which graphically compares changes in police force size and crime rates from 1990 to 1996. Notable highlights include:

• A majority of the cities studied expanded the size of their police forces relative to population and experienced drops in crime over the period, although none to quite as great an extent as did New York City.
• San Diego was the only other major American city (besides New York City) to enjoy a drop in crime rate of more than 40 percent. However, San Diego accomplished its crime reduction with only a 1 percent increase in the number of police officers per capita.
• In contrast, the number of police officers per capita in New York City climbed 18 percent, and is currently 20 percent greater than was the case in 1990. If the NYPD expands to 40,210 uniformed personnel, as proposed, the number of police officers per capita in New York City would be fully 25 percent greater than in 1990.
• Also quite striking were trends in Dallas and Seattle. In both of those cities, significant drops in crime occurred despite net decreases in the ratio of police officers to residents.
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    à Most dramatically, Dallas enjoyed a 39 percent drop in its crime rate, despite the fact that the number of police officers per capita in Dallas actually declined by between 2 percent and 3 percent.
    
    à Meanwhile, Seattle experienced an 18 percent drop in its crime rate despite a decline of 6 percent in the number of police officers per capita.
    

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  The Independent Budget Office is continuing its analysis of this matter. IBO’s lead analyst on police issues is Bernard O’Brien, Senior Budget and Policy Analyst, at (212) 442-8656.
  

 

[n423]

My sons friend joined the OKCPD a few years ago. He quit shortly after he joined and went thru training. He stated there was no respect and it was not worth it. His uncle was a police officer in the 70's.

 

[Snattlerake]

Id like to know how many, if any, have resigned from Minniapolis PD

The Star Tribune reports that the Minneapolis Police Department is down at least 100 officers since George Floyd's death.

According to the Star Tribune, this accounts for over 10% of the force.

Over the past two months, the Star Tribune say 40 police officers have resigned, been fired or are in the process of leaving the force and another 75 have taken a medical leave of absence for post-traumatic stress disorder they say was caused by the protests following Floyd's death.

Residents in the area told the Star Tribune that police are taking longer to respond to emergency calls, as homicides, shootings and robberies have increased.

MPD officials, not authorized to speak publicly, told the Star Tribune that the department could lose as much as a third of its workforce by the end of the year.

Portlandia
City employees who turned in their badges or retired were brutally honest about their reasons for getting out. "The community shows zero support. The city council are raging idiots, in addition to being stupid. Additionally, the mayor and council ignore facts on crime and policing in favor of radical leftist and anarchists’ fantasy. What’s worse is ppb command (Lt. and above) is arrogantly incompetent and cowardly," one retiring detective wrote, reports the Washington Examiner.

Thirty-one police officers agreed during their exit interviews, oregonlive.com reported.

The turnover is the highest seen in the last 15 years, with at least 115 officers having retired or quit since July 1 of last year. This personnel shift has created 93 open officer positions, as well as 43 open civilian positions, reports the Washington Examiner.

"What the city council has done to beat down the officers’ willingness to do police work is unfathomable," a retired training officer wrote, according to the Oregonian. "I have never seen morale so low. Officers leaving mid-career and sometimes sooner to go to other agencies. Officers retiring when they would have stayed longer if the situation were different."


People are leaving due to not believing in the mission any longer — "feeling of hopelessness for a once thriving city," one officer wrote, oregonlive.com reported.

Seattle

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...tle-police-officers-quit-amid-nation-protests

200+ officers gone.

Pittsburgh

Minus 110

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/201...tes-pittsburgh-police-leaving-city-in-droves/

Denver

https://www.denverpost.com/2020/08/18/colorado-police-resign-retire-reform-law/
200+ gone

Aurora PD loses over 61%

Chicago minus 560 from 13,000
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/1/15/22229584/police-retirements-backlash-chicago-new-york-minneapolis-john-catanzara-fop-michael-lappe#:~:text=In Chicago, 560 officers retired,retirements rose by nearly 30%.&text=“A lot of these people,They're quitting.”

In Chicago, 560 officers retired in 2020 in a police department that had about 13,100 sworn officers as of March, records show. That’s about 15% more cops retiring than during the previous year, when the number of retirements rose by nearly 30%.

You reap what you sow.

 

[KOPBET]

I hope Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler haven't quit yet.