A wave of NYPD officers has filed for retirement in the weeks following George Floyd's death on May 25, refocusing attention on police morale amid widespread protests and calls to defund law enforcement. The NYPD told Fox News on Saturday that 272 officers have filed for retirement between Floyd's death and June 23. Resignations and actual retirements have remained relatively stable with 135 retirements in 2020 and 131 during the same time last year. That included hundreds from the NYPD as the city weighed cutting its budget and transferring funds to other programs in the city. After the city charged Rolfe with murder, a wave of the city's police officers called out of work.

Source: Fox News June 27, 2020 23:37 UTC