Police Departments across the country are losing police officers and are struggling to hire new officers to take their place.
Police chiefs across the country are sounding the alarm that they are struggling to keep their departments fully staffed. A tough labor market makes replacement tough when officers quit over mandates, and a career that is now less rewarding than in the past.
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Consequently, departments are seeing their response times to crimes increase and the number of crimes solved decreased.
A recent survey by the Police Executive Research Forum found that resignations between April of 2020 and March of 2021 are up 18%.
Making matters worse is the rise in retirements, in the same time frame mentioned above retirements are up 45%.
Pay however, is more than what the average worker makes, police officers average $70,000 compared to $56,000 for the rest of Americans.
Job openings remain unfilled in a number of industries as the whole country grapples with a labor shortage.
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