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The New York Police Department has seen a spike in the number of cops calling it quits in the aftermath of George Floyd‘s death.
The New York Post reports that a record 272 uniformed officers filed for retirement in the weeks between Floyd’s May 25 death in Minneapolis police custody and Wednesday, June 24.
Protests against such brutality has spread all over the country and calls for diverting funds from police departments have led to members of the NYPD to see themselves as targets.
Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch stated that new and veteran officers are “at their breaking point.”
Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, said that 80 members have put in for retirement and sees a police “exodus” due to morale being “at the lowest levels I’ve seen in 38 years.”
