The Need for Law Enforcement is Critical…
Agencies are down 18% of their authorized force strength. Agencies cannot fulfill the public safety which is having a negative impact on public safety across the board. These agencies lost more than 4,700 officers recently — nearly 2,800 to retirement, more than 1,200 who left for a different law enforcement agency, and 704 who left the profession altogether. [FOP Position Paper, April 2023]