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PHILADELPHIA — Police departments across the United States are reporting an increase in their ranks for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2020 killing of George Floyd, which led to a historic exodus of officers, a survey shows.
, a nonprofit policing think tank based in Washington, D.C. “And our survey shows we’re finally starting to turn a corner.” Individual departments are turning that corner at different rates, however, according to Wexler, who noted many are still struggling to attract and keep officers. As a whole, the profession “isn’t out of the woods yet,” he said. The Associated Press left phone and email messages with several unions and police departments to ask about increased hiring.
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