Many Portland, Oregon Police officers and supervisors left the state's largest police force over the last year by taking early retirement or by quitting, according to The Oregonian.
"The community shows zero support. The city council are raging idiots, in addition to being stupid. Additionally, the mayor and council ignore facts on crime and policing in favor of radical leftist and anarchists' fantasy. What's worse is ppb command is arrogantly incompetent and cowardly," one retiring detective wrote, reports the Washington Examiner.
Thirty-one police officers agreed during their exit interviews, oregonlive.com reported.
The turnover is the highest seen in the last 15 years, with at least 115 officers having retired or quit since July 1 of last year.
"What the city council has done to beat down the officers' willingness to do police work is unfathomable," a retired training officer wrote, according to the Oregonian.
"I have never seen morale so low. Officers leaving mid-career and sometimes sooner to go to other agencies. Officers retiring when they would have stayed longer if the situation were different." People are leaving due to not believing in the mission any longer - "Feeling of hopelessness for a once thriving city," one officer wrote, oregonlive.com reported.
We understand why the previous Council voted to make significant cuts and changes to the Police Bureau," a letter from the mayor read. "We acknowledge the serious reforms and major changes that need to occur in policing.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/police-quit-portland-city/2021/04/06/id/1016469/
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