To the LEO on this forum: Quit

[AndyLate]

Sorry man. You lost me on that one the Atlanta shot was Justified, maybe not squeaky clean but still justified.It’s very clear to me that there is an attack going on. Whether the shift is just media portrayal or real life it matters not, it’s not worth it. And you’d be crazy to get into it now. There’s going to be an exodus of law-enforcement. Unfortunately there are many like myself who are at point life I can’t bail, not because I love the job, but financially and retirement age is at least insight. Remaining officers that don’t leave are going to pull back, myself included. Sorry but that’s just the truth.

There will be a huge exodus soon, especially in the older police officers who have already passed retirement age. The quality of new recruits will suffer, to put it mildly. Survival instincts will constrain the officers who are willing to serve because they feel they can truly benefit society or it is a family tradition.

As the number of officers drops, the municipalities will throw money at recruits, drastically reduce required qualifications, and start issuing waivers to the recruits who can't even clear the lowered bar. Law enforcement academies will be forbidden to fail anyone, on the grounds that officers are needed and the departments will have the opportunity to correct any deficiences once the recruits become officers. All leadership positions will be filled by people of color, preferably female or gender fluid with homosexuality being a bonus.

People will re-consider allowing the Army to perform police duties, only to find they implemented all those policies 10 years before the police departments.

Andy

[Mozart]

In 2016, after 10 years of trying to get into LE, I was hired as a correctional officer. I found I really had a knack for it but after 5 months on the job, I got hired as a police officer, which was my ultimate goal. After a brief honeymoon period with my PD, I entered FTO and found that I was a REALLY bad fit for my department. After 4 months, I resigned as I was about to fail field training, and I went back to work at the jail. I was then miserable there as it was a shitty place to work and didn't pay enough for me to pay my bills, even with OT. After a year, I left and headed back to my hometown and took a job outside of LE while I applied for police jobs in the area where I grew up, hoping I'd get a second chance. Most of the departments turned me down because my first PD didn't work out and I finally gave up trying. I'm pursuing clinical social work and in the process of getting a MSW.

My FTO didn't like me, and no matter what I did, it was never good enough. The tension and him constantly telling me how worthless I was as both a cop and a human being killed my confidence. I finally got to a point where I could barely even drive because I was so nitpicked. I was in a depression for about a year afterwards and literally felt like anyone who ever loved me was wrong; I felt there was literally not one positive thing about my existence and I was undeserving of life.

I owe my FTO a 20 year old bottle of single malt. He probably saved my life.

Damn.

I dodged a bullet too with that career, only I didn’t even make it out of the academy before I had the chief in my face telling me he didn’t want me on his crew. My foul up? I had the audacity to sprain my right MCL and slip three ribs during deftac, and asked to leave to get X-rays, not knowing they were slipped not broken. What a piece of trash I am huh? Well, good riddance to that career path. That particular agency has massive turnover too. Miserable job. Glad I’m not dealing with the mass suicide that half the country seems to want to drag us through these days.

[TMS951]

Once I came to understand what a police officer goes through and does on a daily basis I lost any sense of why they’d want to do it.

I agree, quit. Find a job where someone respects your sacrifices. Find a job where you are not forced to enforce unconstitutional and immoral laws.

Nursing and firefighting are both public service jobs that only help people.

I saw this to street cops, not detectives. I believe we still need detectives. I believe they are still respected by most. I also know you have to be a street cop to become a detective. But if that not your goal, move one. It’s a big world full of opportunity out there.

[SteyrAUG]

So when everyone quits, within a month we are gonna need a LOT of new cops again. So I sorta hope some of the good ones stick it out.

[chadbag]

I think it also depends on where you are at. Except maybe in Salt Lake City itself, where there was a little unrest and violence, I think that most people here in Utah respect the cops and support the thin blue line. I know a few cops here -- I'll have to ask them what they are seeing in regards to support from the higher ups and their cities.

I don't see how anyone would want to be a cop in a Blue state or in one of the big cities any more. No one has your back. It has got to be totally disheartening to put on the badge in the morning with that feeling.

[markm]

Sorry man. You lost me on that one the Atlanta shot was Justified

What I'm saying is that whomever is behind this anti cop brainwashing of the imbecile masses would be thrilled to have cops just quitting and crime widespread.

[BoringGuy45]

I’m sorry to hear you had such a sh!tty experience. Your FTO also deserves a HARD kick to the balls.

You don’t denigrate people because they may not be cut out for the job.


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There were so many times when I just wanted to snap and tell him to shut the f**k up if he didn't have anything positive to say...tell him that if I sucked so bad, he needed to tell me how I could do better. Anytime I asked his advice on anything, he'd say, "This job is all instinct. If you have to be taught, you can't be taught." But right at the beginning of FTO, my wife found out she was pregnant, so I figured I needed to just weather the storm, swallow my pride, and not get fired for insubordination. In the long run, I would have saved myself a lot of emotional turmoil if I had stood up to him early.

He was right about one thing: I'm not a cop. I don't have the personality for it. I was a good CO, but not a good fit for a cop. But right now, I don't want anything that involves a badge.

Right now, while I do still carry some of the scars from all that abuse, I have no regrets about that career not working out.

[flenna]

What I'm saying is that whomever is behind this anti cop brainwashing of the imbecile masses would be thrilled to have cops just quitting and crime widespread.

Exactly, and leave it open for what the ComDems really want- a national police force that answers only to them. That being said, I do not blame any officers changing careers in today's society. I left police work in 2004 after 11 years in patrol for more money. I make a whole lot more now than I would ever make at the PD and you could triple what I am earning now to go back and I would not.

[PracticalRifleman]

Cops quitting would play right into the propaganda attack on our country.

This.


There is a small vocal minority.


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[sandsunsurf]

Once the criminal Chesa Boudin was elected as district attorney of San Francisco, I wished I was a billionaire, because I would have offered every SF a couple hundred thousand to quit/retire because it’s already a lawless city and I would love to see how they really liked have no laws or law enforcement. But alas, until I start playing the lottery, I won’t be a billionaire...