Police retirements grow in Chicago, New York, Minneapolis amid anti-police backlash – Chicago Sun-Times
The number of police officers retiring in Chicago and other cities has soared amid a chorus of anti-police rhetoric that s become increasingly loud over the past year.
In Chicago, 560 officers retired in 2020 in a police department that had about 13,100 sworn officers as of March, records show. That s about 15% more cops retiring than during the previous year, when the number of retirements rose by nearly 30%.
In New York City, 2,500 cops retired last year, nearly double the number in 2019, according to the New York Police Department, which has about 34,500 uniformed officers.