The Chicago Police Department is now younger, less white, and more Latino, according to an analysis of data from the city's Inspector General and Department of Human Resources.
Four months later, Johnson is now Chicago's mayor, and that exodus hasn't happened.
The police department also lost hundreds of Black officers, and has about half as many Asians compared with their portion of the city's population, which might make it harder for the city to fulfill an That proportion has dropped to 43%, with 5,009 officers as of last month, according to IG data, a 22% decrease of 1,414.
The data show there was a 19% increase in officer retirements, from 477 retirements in 2020 to 552 in 2021, which contributed partly to lowered staffing levels. Many of those retirees were an average of 56 years old, roughly 3 years younger than a decade ago.
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