With departures happening against the backdrop of rising crime rates in major American cities and activists calling for defunding the police, departments across the country are now experiencing staff shortages. Now, as officers continue retiring en masse, police departments are struggling to attract enough new recruits, and some are even being forced to restructure in order to respond to 911 calls.
While Philadelphia, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Chicago stand out as cities hit the hardest by this mass exodus, nearly every major American city has experienced similar shortages. If you threw a dart at a map of the United States, you’d likely land close to a city dealing with short-staffed police departments and rising crime rates.
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