Police exodus stirring concern
The Boston Globe: Boston police and other departments across the state are grappling with a sharp increase in the number of officers resigning or retiring as the state slashes a generous bonus program that had boosted police paychecks for years.
Last month, when the benefit cuts took effect in Boston, 21 city officers, detectives, and supervisors left or retired. That number is a dramatic increase over previous years - in January 2009, just 6 officers left; between 8 and 10 officers left in each of the previous four years, according to the department. Read Article
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