"Replacing 400 police officers with civilians is a band-aid
approach to getting sorely needed police resources on the street.
Civilianization will not solve the NYPD’s recruitment and
retention crisis. With nearly 3,000 members quitting or retiring
each year, the NYPD recruitment effort is struggling to try and
keep up with attrition. Unless New York City makes police officer’s
top pay competitive with other law enforcement agencies, they
simply will not get enough good quality candidates to become NYC
police officers."
