Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers are retiring in droves and its chief is struggling to recruit new ones while certain categories of violent crime are on the rise.
“We, unfortunately, are losing experienced officers, trained officers, and they’re resigning,” Tom Saggau, spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Protective League—the union which represents most of the department’s force—told The Epoch Times.
“They’re leaving to other jurisdictions that are paying more where there’s much less scrutiny and where there’s much more trust,” he said.
Other departments officers are opting for, he said, are those with the cities of Anaheim and Santa Ana, about 30 miles south of Los Angeles….