Retired NYPD detective says ‘fed up’ rank and file are fleeing the force, no one has their backs

(Video: Fox News)

Retired NYPD detective Jason Caputo told the hosts of “Fox & Friends First” that New York’s police officers are fleeing the force for “greener pastures” after the city’s absurd policing policies have compromised public safety and hamstrung the ability of officers to do their jobs.

Caputo took particular aim at the city’s “woke” policies, which have crippled the ability of police officers to work without endless, counter-productive second-guessing and have even compelled some cops to quit the force altogether even if it means sacrificing their hefty pensions.

“So Jason, when you look at this, the NYPD retirements in detectives—250 have retired, that’s 2,000 less than two decades ago. What is New York City going to look like without detectives on the streets, fighting this crime?” co-host Ashley Strohmier asked.

“You know, it’s actually a city I would actually not want to see,” Caputo replied. “It’s, uh…you’re losing experienced detectives, you’re losing experienced cops. There’s nobody to teach the ones that are coming up, and that’s not a really good thing for the city, and it’s not good for public safety, to be quite honest with you.”

Caputo then explained how frustrating it was to apprehend criminals only to have them released to continue their crime spree. He also observed that police officers have become more timid since they’re frequently targeted by overzealous liberal politicians.

“In the last couple of years, I’ve seen that it’s more of a off-hands approach to policing. Police officers are actually unwilling to put their hands on people because of the risks, not only to their career, their future, their families for that matter, too, because you could be sued at any moment and the job won’t actually back you if they have any inkling that you did one thing wrong,” he added.

Strohmier then asked Caputo about the historic retirements at the NYPD and how that will affect the department going forward.

“I have actually seen other people also go to other departments who after they just got trained by the NYPD have left for greener pastures for more money or just not this type of government that doesn’t back you at all,” Caputo answered.

“People are just fed up with this job, actually,” he continued. “The more you talk to people in the office, the more you talk to other cops, they’re like ‘this job is not what I thought it was going to be.’ Guys in my position, ‘this is not the job I joined.’ When I was a cop, when I came on, we were out there, we were doing our job—you know, our bosses backed us, our city backed us, the state backed us. Now, it’s not like that. It’s more of a backing of the other element, and not us. And it’s just getting frustrating for us.”

According to Fox News, NYPD pension fund data records that as of this point in 2022, 1,472 officers have already retired. That’s a considerable uptick from 2020, when 1,236 officers retired, and 2021 when 1,064 left the force. Meanwhile, violent crime in the city has spiked nearly 26% in the first half of the year alone.

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