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Maeve

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22. I have no doubt it's too large

Wed Jun 24, 2020, 06:44 AM

Jun 2020

and too militarized. We're in agreement here that the number he's citing sounds bad because he's not speaking in context and just trying to scare people (it's what he does)

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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