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Times are looking tough for the officers of the Chicago Police Department (CPD), after the shocking number of officer retentions became public.
It hasn’t been easy for demonized police forces throughout the country, subject to abuse from their own officials and facing calls for defunding, as well as the frustration of being told not to prosecute crimes or even make arrests, even for repeat offenders. Vaccine mandates continue to be a contentious issue, with notable numbers of officers choosing to quit rather than comply with the mandate.
One of the departments that is showing the toll of all those factors is the CPD, as the recently released figures show the stark numbers of all that attrition: 900 officers lost in one year, with only 247 police academy graduates to replace them, according to an investigation by WGN9. From 13,000 officers in 2018, the department now has 11,845, while still having to service the same Chicago metro area, which has grown from 8,864,000 to 8,901,000 in that same period.
