The San Diego Police Department is enticing former officers to rejoin the department, according to a letter sent by its recruiting division.
The issue was discovered earlier this month after the letter outlining incentives to return, reportedly sent to former officers, was posted on social media.
According to the letter, the department is offering a 5 percent pay increase each year for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 and a 10 percent annual pay increase for those who teach and evaluate officers in training.
“In many cases they will still be making more money at the place they left to,” Wilson wrote in an email. “The department has a history of undercompensating officers. The 10 [percent] raise over two years was helpful to gain ground on other agencies, but there is still work to be done.”
Wilson said officers left the department due to low pay, the vaccine mandate, early retirement, being overworked, and “frustration with a revolving door criminal justice system.”
A 2021 survey by the association revealed over 400 officers were considering quitting if the city enforced a vaccine mandate.
According to the department, it lost 241 officers in the 2022 fiscal year—which ended last July—a 51 percent increase over 2021 and since then, another 138 officers have left. There are now about 2,000 currently on payroll, according to city data.
I hope everyone of those cops, tells the city to go take a hike..
The Democrats had their 51 listed names that claim Hunter’s allegations were Russian disinformation. The retired San Diego police should have their 5100 signatures to agree to return to work if every San Diego Democrat who has mouthed the words “Defund the Police” gets fined the amount of pay and retirement money the Police all lost when they had to leave, and force the Police defunders to resign from office after signing a letter of apology themselves.
Who in their right mind would want to be a cop in San Diego? Cost of living is sky high, city council is anti-police to the max, and the judges and DA don’t lock up criminals. I’m guessing the officers that fled to other states won’t be coming back, no matter how hard the city begs them to.
WHO In their right mind wants to be a cop ANYWHERE IN commiefornia!