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nypd New York City cops are resigning at a record-breaking pace
this year as the NYPD’s alarming exodus continues,
Double dipper: FDNY’s first 87,460
according to new data obtained by The Post.
deputy commish to rake in more
than $521,000 a year with
pension, new job “The NYPD staffing emergency is approaching the point of
no return,” said Police Benevolent Association President
Gunman shoots man in face Patrick Lynch.
near Queens park: cops
The shocking stats show 239 officers tapped out in January
Julia Fox’s father seen and February, a 36% spike from the 176 who fled in the
grumbling outside NYC pad China pummeled by 'rain of worms' as
after son’s gun, drug bust: same period last year and a disturbing 117% jump from the residents asked to carry umbrellas
‘Cops did me a favor’ 110 in 2021, NYPD pension data show.
59,812
Tambourine-waving ex-NYPD That’s the highest number of resignations for the first two
cop convicted for role in Jan. 6
Capitol riot months of a year since 250 members quit in 2007 during a
contentious contract dispute,

“The NYPD needs to be rebuilt from the ground up — it’s

unfixable in its current state,” a veteran Manhattan cop told The Post.

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In January and February, 239 officers stepped down, a 36% spike from the 176 who fled in the same period last year. seventh 'Torso Killer' confession
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“It’s not just politics and poor pay,” the officer said. Rikki Schlott

“Precinct cops are being forced to work an inhumane amount of overtime, including on their days off,
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while being penalized for minor uniform and administrative infractions. not buy pepper spray for self-defense:
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“Meanwhile, precincts barely have enough personnel to meet the minimum required to safely answer 911
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Some officers are so disgusted that the carrot of an NYPD pension isn’t even enough to keep them in.
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At the current rate, 1,400 cops are projected to resign this year before qualifying for retirement — even Roger Stone to make first NYC
more than last year’s record 1,297 early exits. appearance since pardon at boozy
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Incredibly, 21 cops walked away from the job in just a two-day period — Feb. 20 and 21 — to join the
MTA, police sources said. Carole Radziwill thinks ‘Scandoval’
has gone a ‘little overboard’
The Manhattan cop said the department simply “doesn’t know how to manage personnel. See All

“Hundreds of cops are being hidden under fake assignments or assigned to headquarters sitting at a desk
all day and are considered ‘untouchable’ for patrol or enforcement duty because they have high-ranking
supervisors protecting them,” he seethed.
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Eric Adams has focused his efforts in putting more cops in the subway to prevent crime.
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New York City’s Finest are also bailing because of what they consider anti-cop politics, woke bail reform
policies that make criminal justice a revolving door and low wages.

“We are losing cops to better pay and benefits in other policing jobs almost every day,” said Lynch, who
reps 22,000 uniformed officers.

The exodus began after Minnesota cop Derek Chauvin murdered

George Floyd on May 25, 2020, triggering nationwide protests and
calls to defund the police.
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“The allure and luster of the NYPD is gone for now. They need to
restore that,” said Spero Georgedakis, 52, a former Miami SWAT team
officer who helps recruit and relocate New York City cops to Florida
departments.

Georgedakis, who grew up in Queens wanting to be a member of New NYPD cop follows in
York’s Finest, runs ads to coax cops to the Sunshine State. 9/11 hero dad’s
footsteps, joins elite
unit
“We had four or five New York City police officers reach out to us last
week,” he said. “They saw the spots, and we gave them [salary]
quotes.”

The NYPD exodus began after the protests following George Floyd’s murder.
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Georgedakis said “the standard story” he gets from NYPD cops is that “the job is impossible to do.”

Alexandre Tilan was a cop in the 72nd Precinct in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, before he decided to leave in
May for the St. Petersburg Police Department in Florida.

The 29-year-old had just six years on the force, nowhere near the 22-year threshold to qualify for a full
pension.

“I’m not surprised at all,” he said of the current exodus.

Keep up with today's As a Florida cop, Tilan said, he has “lower stress, higher pay,
most important news better support.
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with Evening Update. “I’ve had a few [NYPD pals] reach out to me asking how to start
the process,” he said.
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The NYPD saw 3,701 cops retire or resign in 2022, the most
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In addition to the hordes resigning so far this year, the NYPD has
already seen 262 cops retire over the first two months of 2023, a
.
3% uptick from the 255 for the same period last year and a 7%
increase from the 245 who retired in January and February 2021.

The NYPD’s 33,822 uniformed cops are already 1,208 below the budgeted headcount, documents show,
and 2,467 cops short of the 36,289 roster at the start of 2020.

The stunning numbers were no surprise to a police source who told The Post about a cop who suddenly
quit last week with no job lined up.

Critical response times for the week of Feb. 20, 2023 were up in 2023 compared to a week in December 2020.
James Messerschmidt for NY Post

“We are having problems keeping and hiring cops,” the source said.

“Idon’t see Suffolk and Nassau [County cops] losing vacation days like we do. More money, less BS. I

can’t blame them for leaving.”

Diane Spencer, a mental health therapist in Brooklyn who lives in Hempstead, Long Island, said she
understands why cops are leaving the city as crime increases and pay remains low .

“Police work in New York City is more cons than pros.” the 55-year-old
expert said.
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“They feel it’s safer out of state or moving to Connecticut. Crime out
there is different . The pay is different. Here you have to start so low.”

As a result, almost every precinct in New York City is understaffed,

police sources said, and it’s showing up in response time data.

In the week of Dec. 30, 2020, critical response times were seven
Crime on NYC subway
minutes and 14 seconds — compared to eight minutes and 17 system down more
seconds for the week of Feb. 20, 2023, according to city data. than 20% as tickets
skyrocket: NYPD
NYPD data shows every crime category except for murders and
shootings is up over the past two years.

“At this rate, keeping everyone safe will be an Herculean task,” said Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD
sergeant and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan.

“The only people that are happy are the cop haters, activists and defunders.”

Pat Lynch believes the NYPD is approaching the point of no return.

Stephen Yang

Police science professor Maria Haberfeld, also of John Jay, said high cop attribution also makes it harder
to enact needed reforms.

“When you lose manpower, the first things that go are all these novel ideas of corrective and preventive
policing,” she said, which can also help rebuild the fledging trust between the police and the public.

Haberfeld said her students who are cops often complain about forced
overtime, which she called a “horrible” idea.
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“Forced overtime can be effective only for a limited period of time
before people just start collapsing mentally and physically. You cannot
just keep people in forced overtime forever,” she said.

PBA head honcho Lynch warned that “the city needs to focus on
resolving our contract and providing competitive pay, better benefits
Inside a helicopter and better quality of life for its police officers.
ride-along with NYPD’s
eye-in-the-sky cops that doesn’t happen very, very soon, we won’t have a police
“If

department left,” he said.

The NYPD did not respond to a Post request for comment Friday.

But City Hall rep Fabien Levy said in a statement, “As the mayor has said since Day One, public safety is
this administration’s top priority, and because of the NYPD’s dedicated workforce and precision policing
practices, crime continues to decline with shootings, hate crimes, and major crimes all being down last
month.

“And we have done all that despite a labor shortage that has affected almost every sector nationwide,
including government and law enforcement, more specifically.

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“New Yorkers can rest assured that, under Commissioner Sewell’s leadership , the NYPD remains fully
prepared to keep New Yorkers safe and respond to all emergencies. The department continues to
aggressively recruit the finest officers in the world to serve the greatest city in the world.”

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itty Bitty
10 hours ago

How is it possible starting pay in 1985 was $32 k and in 2023 it is 48K ? How can the
expect to recruit top candidates?

Mine was a jem - joined the ranks

Made detective - spent 500 hours at the World Trade Center.

Made the ultimate sacrifice.

Pick prime candidates and stop the politics. Tha...

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Clearday
10 hours ago
So sorry for your loss.
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Smithjustin
1 hour ago

Sorry, the city can’t pay a decent salary because it has a huge migrant assistance budget.

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Nathan Frank
11 hours ago

“Hundreds of cops are being hidden under fake assignments or assigned to headquarters
itting at a desk all day and are considered ‘untouchable’ for patrol or enforcement duty
they have high-ranking supervisors protecting them,” he seethed."

100 percent correct. The first step to improving...

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John Smith
3 hours ago

Agreed. But to be fair it's been this way for years. CompStat, or "ConStat", created tons of
aperwork. Much of it for the sake of creating paperwork. There were so many cops in the
who's job was to just shuffle paper. It often seemed there were more inside than
Some never ever did pol...

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Joe Abbondanza
10 hours ago
I’ve been asking that about ‘pencil pushers’ in the NYPD since 1970. It’s absurd. But, here
unions wield waaaay too much power in NY.
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Joe Ryan
2 minutes ago

I belonged to two unions that mainly stole money from my pay: AFTRA & IBEW.

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Knight3136
11 hours ago

They are recruiting the wrong people for the job. When you remove the 1.5 mile run so you can
ave more recruits pass that tells everyone that the candidate you are hiring is not fit physically
handle this job, which is stressful on the body but more on the mind. I have seen an officer
away...

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OK boomer
5 hours ago
Nypd selection process is pure trash. They disqualify almost everyone during the psych
valuation. I always wanted to be a cop, it was my dream job ever since a kid. Up until I
able to apply back in like 2014. They made me wait 3.5 years before they even looked
my application. It came to the... See more
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John Doe2022
10 hours ago
They remove those requirements so women can join. FYI.
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