- 3,701 members of the New York Police Department left the force last year.
- 1,746 quit and 1,955 retired, according to data from the NYC Police Pension Fund and the drop off marks the largest NYPD staff exit in decades while major crime in the city soars.
- “The NYPD is playing a dangerous game by refusing to acknowledge and address its recruitment and retention crisis,” President of the New York City Police Benevolent Association Patrick Lynch said.
