'Why stay?': Law enforcement advocates explain exodus from police forces

by Leandra Bernstein

Wed, July 7th 2021, 10:31 PM UTC

A police officer holds a firearm as community members gather, Sunday, June 6, 2021, in Minneapolis, for Winston Boogie Smith Jr., who was fatally shot by members of a U.S. Marshals task force several days earlier. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)

FILE - In this July 7, 2020, file photo a San Francisco Police Department patch is shown on an officer's uniform in San Francisco. Law enforcement agencies across the country experienced a wave of retirements and departures and are struggling to recruit the next generation of police officers in the year since George Floyd was killed by a cop. And amid the national reckoning on policing, communities are questioning who should become a police officer today. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

FILE — In this June 9, 2020 file photo demonstrators take a knee in Culver City, Calif., during a student-led protest over the death of George Floyd. An annual report, released Wednesday, June 30, 2021, shows California hate crime reached its highest reported level in more than a decade last year. There was nearly a 90% jump in those targeting Blacks, and a doubling of crimes against those of Asian descent. California saw some of he largest protests following the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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A police officer holds a firearm as community members gather, Sunday, June 6, 2021, in Minneapolis, for Winston Boogie Smith Jr., who was fatally shot by members of a U.S. Marshals task force several days earlier. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)

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