314 police officers were shot in 2021. Meanwhile, the mainstream media and leftist groups continue to relentlessly demonize the police, driving good people out of the profession in record numbers. A workforce survey released in June 2021 by the Police Executive Research Forum found the retirement rate in police departments nationwide jumped 45% over 2020 and 2021. And another 18% of officers resigned, the survey found, a development which coincided with nationwide social justice protests and calls to defund the police. | 314 police officers were shot in 2021. Meanwhile, the mainstream media and leftist groups continue to relentlessly demonize the police, driving good people out of the profession in record numbers. A workforce survey released in June 2021 by the Police Executive Research Forum found the retirement rate in police departments nationwide jumped 45% over 2020 and 2021. And another 18% of officers resigned, the survey found, a development which coincided with nationwide social justice protests and calls to defund the police. |