Who in their right mind would be a cop these days? The deck is stacked against you. Sad, because there are many in law enforcement who are there to make a difference. They are about to be crapped on.
Good question/point. Most of the officers who have been on awhile will stick around due to most departments having a pretty good retirement. With my department I put in 7% of my pay check into my retirement with a guarantee of a 7% return. When my age + time of service equals 75 I can retire. So the longer I stay the more my retirement pay will be. I can retire in about a year but was planning on doing about six more. With all the crap going I will get out as soon as I can. The problem will be recruitment with new officers.