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Rocky Election Year Expected Amid Rise in NYPD Staff Quitting

NYPD attrition has retired police officers worried about how the fatigue of overworked cops who remain on the job will impact public safety.
Rocky Election Year Expected Amid Rise in NYPD Staff Quitting
NYPD officers follow along as people participate in the Care Not Criminalization march in New York on May 24, 2023. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
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After being injured in the line of duty during the George Floyd riots three years ago, Lt. Richard Mack retired from the New York Police Department (NYPD) in 2021.

“I got attacked on the Brooklyn Bridge by several assailants and had to get eye surgery,” Mr. Mack told The Epoch Times.

Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
Juliette Fairley is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times and NTD and a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Born in Chateauroux, France, and raised outside of Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, Juliette is a well-adjusted military brat. She has written for many publications across the country. Send Juliette story ideas at [email protected]
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