A War on Cops Has Impacts on Recruiting

Turns out making life hard for NYPD is not without consequences. From the NY Post: Exclusive | Number of NYPD applicants plummeted as NYC force tries to hire 1,600 officers

Prospective members of New York’s Finest went from 18,000 in 2017 to just 8,000 this year — a 55% decline, according to data from the Police Benevolent Association, the city’s largest police union.

Based on the number of people who don't pass the test, don't pass the background checks, and in general don't pursue a position in NYPD, this seems to mean that they will be losing the battle of attrition for a long time.

“The biggest problem is that cops are telling their friends and family not to bother with this job, even as a stepping stone, because it’s not worth it,” a Brooklyn cop with more than a dozen years on the job told The Post.

“You’ll be worked to the bone, attacked by perps and politicians and hammered with nonsense complaints and ticky-tack discipline.”

One longtime NYPD officer said his son plans to join the Suffolk County Police Department this year despite a lower starting salary rather than follow in his father’s footsteps in NYC.

This is the result of more rules, more pointless paperwork, more lawsuits, etc.

A former NYPD commissioner has an opinion. NYC ‘desperately’ needs to hire more cops to combat subway crime, says ex-NYPD boss Bill Bratton. Also from the NY Post...

Bratton, who served as Gotham’s police commissioner under Mayors Rudy Giuliani and Bill de Blasio, said there were 38,000 officers when he was first commish and that the figure is now down to under 34,000, even after Mayor Eric Adams added two graduating classes in November to boost the force.

"Fixing" the shortage with overtime isn't the answer.

“The problem with that: One, it runs up the overtime bill. Two, it wears out the cops. And three, the cops [assigned] through overtime and surging are not familiar with the subways,” Bratton told host John Catsimatidis.

So, are there any bets on how long it takes the complete system to collapse in on itself? There is more at both links. Click thru.