Overseas Network, May 5, US media reported that in the context of budget cuts, policy changes and anti-violent law enforcement protests, police officers across the United States are leaving their jobs at a record rate.

This move caused concerns from insiders in the police that, based on the ever-increasing number of homicides, the nationwide crime rate will continue to soar.

　　According to the "Washington Times", police officers continued to leave police posts throughout the United States last year.

It is estimated that 5,300 police officers have resigned from the New York Police Department, and the Seattle Police Department has also resigned more than 200 police officers.

In the capital of the country, this metropolitan police station with 3,700 people surrendered the badges.

The large-scale resignation wave shocked the police. Officials stated that “criminal activities are spreading in many different areas”, police detectives were “overwhelmed,” and “there was hardly enough time to answer 911 calls, let alone search for violent criminals. ".

　　According to the report, the large-scale departures began in the Freud incident in May 2020, which triggered protests against racism and police brutality across the United States, and called for the "abolition" and "restriction" of police officers. Some local councils drastically cut police officers. budget.

This move caused a large number of police officers to decide to leave the police force. They called the act of restricting the police force "the most underconsidered move in history", "you will have to work overtime and patrol the streets with a tired body"; When asking the department to recruit new police officers, the management would not take this into consideration.

　　According to the analysis of "Washington Times" data, at least nine cities have drastically cut police funding last year, and homicides have increased by nearly 68%.

Even district-level units in cities have cut police budgets and their violent crimes have also increased significantly.

After cities like Washington, the US capital, have reduced their police budgets, their homicide rate will be the highest in 16 years by the end of 2020.

As of this Tuesday (4th), crime statistics show that the number of homicides in the city has increased by 35% over the same period last year.

　　Currently, the Washington DC Police Department has less than 3,300 ordinary police officers in service, the smallest number of police officers on duty in decades.

The chairman of the local police union, Gregg Pemberton, said these figures are moving in a catastrophic direction, and police officers on duty are becoming more and more tired.

He suggested that unless the parliament changes certain regulations, “police officers will continue to leave the police force and the crime rate will continue to soar.” In the end, “our most vulnerable communities, usually ethnic minority communities, suffer the most.”

(Overseas Net Hou Xingchuan)