Police Officer Retirements Skyrocket While Recruitment Slows

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Law enforcement faces recruitment difficulties as retirements soar and anti-police sentiment rises in the wake of mass protests and calls to defund the police, the Associated Press reported.

Since the death of George Floyd by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, crime has surged in Americaโ€™s major cities amid Black Lives Matter protests and calls for racial reckoning in policing, the Associated Press reported.

โ€œFewer people are entering the profession, while more are leaving through retirements and resignations,โ€ wrote Chuck Wexler the executive director for the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). โ€œPolice agencies are stretched thin, and violent crime is on the rise.โ€

PERF research on almost 200 law enforcement agencies reported hiring slowed by 5 percent while retirements at some departments rose 45 percent compared to the previous year, the Associated Press reported.

โ€œItโ€™s hard to recruit the very people who see police as an opposition,โ€ said Lynda R. Williams, president of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, the Associated Press reported.

Big cities like New York and Philadelphia experience more difficulty recruiting than American suburbs. The Associated Press reported that departments now spend time delving into officer candidatesโ€™ social media in search of potential biases, while also battling record-high crime rates.

An increase in crime due to a thinly stretched force and declining recruitment isnโ€™t unique to Philadelphia. New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles have seen an increase in murder rates in 2020, according to data collected by the Philadelphia Tribune.

The past year of police reckoning has prompted lawmakers to cut budgets and reform policing and as a result, departments are looking for a different kind of recruit.

โ€œDays of old, you wanted someone who actually had the strength to be more physical,โ€ Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant said, as reported by the Associated Press. โ€œTodayโ€™s police officers, thatโ€™s not what weโ€™re looking for. Weโ€™re looking for someone who can actually relate to the community but also think like the community thinks.โ€

Wexler said the increased violence and lack of new officers pose a threat to policing and their communities.

Itโ€™s creating โ€œa crisis on the horizon for police chiefs when they look at the resources they need, especially during a period when weโ€™re seeing an increase in murders and shootings,โ€ Wexler said, the Associated Press reported. โ€œItโ€™s a wake-up call.โ€

By Kendall Tietz

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