A couple cop friends recently switched to fire fighting.

Better pay, less occupational risk, don’t have to deal with all this crap.

Don’t worry, the more capable good cops are voluntarily leaving if they are too young to rest and vest for their pensions. What we are going to be left with are a bunch of less than ideal ones that can’t find better things to do. This isn’t any surprise. Whenever any organization downsizes, top talent usually leaves first because they are the ones that are in demand elsewhere. Bottom talent and rest and vesters is what you are left with.