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   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2025-11-13, Leroy N. Soetoro  wrote:   
   > https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hundreds-of-cops-resign-   
   > ahead-of-zohran-mamdanis-term-in-nyc-how-do-you-work-for-a-mayor-who-   
   > wants-to-defund-police/articleshow/125193007.cms   
   >   
   > New York City police officers are leaving the force in growing numbers,   
   > with morale sinking ahead of socialist Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral   
   > inauguration, according to the New York Post.   
   >   
   > NYPD figures show a 35 per cent rise in officer departures in October,   
   > with 245 officers quitting compared to 181 in the same month last year,   
   > according to Police Pension Fund data.   
   >   
   > “Morale is down because everyone is concerned about the policies Mamdani   
   > wants to put in place,” said Detectives Endowment Association President   
   > Scott Munro. “You have a person who is supposed to be running New York   
   > City that does not believe in law enforcement. What’s coming out of   
   > everyone’s mouth is, ‘We’re in trouble.’”   
   >   
   > The Police Benevolent Association warned that attrition could worsen.   
   > “Every single month, we’re losing enough cops to staff an entire   
   > precinct,” PBA President Patrick Hendry said. “It will certainly get worse   
   > if our city leaders don’t work with us to fix our unsustainable workload,   
   > our expired contract and the constant second-guessing that is driving good   
   > cops away from the job.”   
   > Workforce in numbers   
   >   
   > New hires have helped cover up some of the losses. The NYPD has recruited   
   > 2,911 new officers this year, the highest in a single year since 2006,   
   > with the next class scheduled for December. The department currently has   
   > 33,745 uniformed officers, down slightly from 33,812 in 2024. Peak   
   > staffing was 40,285 in 2000, according to Independent Budget Office data.   
   >   
   > Concerns are mounting that Mamdani’s proposed reforms could further strain   
   > the force. The mayor-elect wants to create a Department of Community   
   > Safety to dispatch mental health professionals to crisis calls and shift   
   > disciplinary power to the Civilian Complaint Review Board.   
   >   
   > “How’s that going to work when the person pulls out a gun or a knife?” a   
   > Bronx cop questioned.   
   >   
   > Former and current officers voiced frustration at Mamdani’s past comments   
   > calling cops racist and homophobic. “How do you work for somebody who   
   > considers you racist and anti-queer and wants to defund the police? Things   
   > are hard enough already. If you’re eligible to leave, why would you want   
   > to stay in that situation?” said a retired officer.   
   >   
   > A police union consultant warned recruitment could become increasingly   
   > difficult. “Nobody wants to be a New York City cop. It’s not worth the   
   > money, the stress, the danger, especially working for a mayor who wants to   
   > take the department apart,” the source told the New York Post.   
   >   
      
   As I have mentioned several times, I have LEO in my family and not just NYPD   
   but   
   federal LEO.   
   As far as the NYPD is concerned, the problems started with DeBlasio and   
   reached a boiling   
   point during the summer of love.   
   The administration ordered NYPD to stand down during the riots so they got to   
   watch   
   their patrol cars set on fire and so forth and there was literally nothing they   
   could do unless they violated the chain of command.   
      
   Then Adams and the AG and DA's went limp on crime and the NYPD was arresting   
   the   
   same people multiple times just to see charges dismissed and the perps   
   released.   
   Over and over again.   
      
   This is what liberal democrat policies do to cities.   
   It destroys them.   
   And NYC is only one of many.   
      
   So can you blame the police for quitting, taking early retirement and moving to   
   a place where they are appreciated?   
   I don't.   
   And I know this direct from the horse's mouth, and not Hochul.   
      
      
      
   --   
   pothead   
   Give a Democrat a fish and he'll eat all day.   
   Teach a Democrat to fish and......   
   He'll steal your rod   
   Take your wallet   
   Assault the fish &   
   Blame Trump.   
      
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