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17. Well, if Ex-convict Bernie Kerik says so....

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Wed Jun 24, 2020, 06:33 AM

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600 NYPD Police Officers Consider Leaving the Force [View all] mfcorey1 Jun 2020 OP

Good. Anyone threatening this is the problem. Leave and boston bean Jun 2020 #1

Correct... Ohio Joe Jun 2020 #29

Maybe because they know their days of being bad cops with no accountability are over? sunonmars Jun 2020 #2

Okay. I'd prefer the bad ones were kicked out to make it hard Hortensis Jun 2020 #3

Cops are the biggest snowflakes in America. octoberlib Jun 2020 #4

Good Riddance , And Kerik is a Criminal THUG JI7 Jun 2020 #5

Bernie Kerik!!!! underpants Jun 2020 #8

The "criminal" part is why I don't believe him. GoCubsGo Jun 2020 #14

+1 dalton99a Jun 2020 #32

Thats what I call a good start TristanIsolde Jun 2020 #6

They won't. How else will they be able to make that kind of money with only a high school Dream Girl Jun 2020 #7

You need an associate's degree (60 credits) or military service to be a cop in the NYPD. lapucelle Jun 2020 #9

Pay is awfully good for an Associate's degree Sanity Claws Jun 2020 #23

$42,500. I have no problem with blue collar workers lapucelle Jun 2020 #27

That's starting, no? greenjar_01 Jun 2020 #30

Because my response was to someone talking about starting pay. lapucelle Jun 2020 #55

Fair enough. Average pay's around $70,000 though greenjar_01 Jun 2020 #56

Indeed it is, and there are opportunities for advancement, but lapucelle Jun 2020 #59

I have no problems with blue collar workers making a living wage Sanity Claws Jun 2020 #31

Nypd earnings Mosby Jun 2020 #46

White collar cops make more money than the blue collar workers lapucelle Jun 2020 #54

If HS was all you needed, I would have been NYPD 20 years ago Polybius Jun 2020 #43

Retirement? Skidmore Jun 2020 #10

They should quit then Marrah_Goodman Jun 2020 #11

I call bullshit. GoCubsGo Jun 2020 #12

B-b-but I heard it on FOX News, so it must be true! backscatter712 Jun 2020 #48

600 Said "They Were Thinking About It" ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #63

The NYPD has over 35,000 officers. How many retire/leave in any given year? JHB Jun 2020 #13

good point mercuryblues Jun 2020 #15

That's the figure that needs to be seen Maeve Jun 2020 #16

Not When You Realize Me. Jun 2020 #19

I have no doubt it's too large Maeve Jun 2020 #22

Exactly, and how many joined this year? Luz Jun 2020 #21

Well, if Ex-convict Bernie Kerik says so.... brooklynite Jun 2020 #17

... handmade34 Jun 2020 #18

What is being asked of them that is so difficult? Jarqui Jun 2020 #20

Replace them with mental health workers, procon Jun 2020 #24

are these the good cops or the bad cops WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2020 #25

My guess? All bad ones. They know that their days of harming citizens are over. nt Blue_true Jun 2020 #36

There are too many bad cops ALLOWED in pds uponit7771 Jun 2020 #39

"The job just isn't fun anymore, since they took away my choke-hold!" bullwinkle428 Jun 2020 #26

Oh no... greenjar_01 Jun 2020 #28

Let them leave. People better suited for police work can be hired. nt Blue_true Jun 2020 #33

In This Environment? RobinA Jun 2020 #50

The problem with your analysis is that as a body, police officers have not fought Blue_true Jun 2020 #60

Fuck these assholes. theaocp Jun 2020 #34

Subject line is misleading: this is merely one right wing nutjob's opinion. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #35

Jeanine Pirro, Bernard Kerik.... marmar Jun 2020 #37

Good. Then they can hire 600 new people that aren't bullies and racists tenderfoot Jun 2020 #38

bye Felicia uponit7771 Jun 2020 #40

Bye Felicia Nature Man Jun 2020 #41

Kerik is pulling numbers out of his ass, like any criminal Republican. He doesn't know dick. Midnight Writer Jun 2020 #42

Good! Saves the state from having to pay their unemployment and having to fire them onetexan Jun 2020 #44

Apparently ... Straw Man Jun 2020 #45

Normally, when a group of people don't feel safe at work hughee99 Jun 2020 #47

It looks to me like... tonedevil Jun 2020 #49

It looks to me like some people don't want to be in danger hughee99 Jun 2020 #65

When there is the smallest effort... tonedevil Jun 2020 #68

There are 3 core problems with police, that all need to be addressed by local leaders. hughee99 Jun 2020 #70

Not Anymore RobinA Jun 2020 #52

It's a strange time we live in, though I can't say it's shocking. Nt hughee99 Jun 2020 #67

He's lying. HotTeaBag Jun 2020 #51

Bye, bye - yesterday Kamala said bad cops are bad for the good cops! womanofthehills Jun 2020 #53

Isn't that less than 1% of the force? Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #57

No, don't think it's less than 1%, but is most definitely less than 2% JHB Jun 2020 #61

Good. GTFO. NT Happy Hoosier Jun 2020 #58

hmmmm, maybe, might could, thinking about onethatcares Jun 2020 #62

Good way to get rid of a few "bad apples". Crunchy Frog Jun 2020 #64

Let me fix their headline: "Lying Delusional Felon Claims....." nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2020 #66

This Bernie Kerik? spanone Jun 2020 #69