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The NYPD announced on Wednesday that 179 officers filed for retirement between 29 June and 6 July, a 411 per cent increase on the 35 who retired in the same time period in 2019.
Additionally, 503 NYPD officers filed for retirement between 25 May - the day George Floyd was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis - and 3 July, representing a 75 per cent increase on the 287 officers who retired in the same period last year.
One officer told the Post that they have had so many applications that the pension office has had to limit the number of appointments to around 40 a day.
"Apparently, the pension section is only taking a certain amount of people per day and I think they are backed up till late July, early August," one officer said. "That's why you don't see like 100 a day, because they are only doing like 35 to 40 a day, by appointment."
The department is not turning down applications from people retiring in the next 30 days, but has told other officers to wait another month before applying, due to the increased demand.
"They feel abandoned by the silent majority and they are leaving. They don't feel appreciated."
Good! Let the new SWAT (social workers and therapists) handle the dangerous calls!
NYPD forced to impose limit on officers filing for retirement amid 400% surge of personnel trying to quit