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NYPD staffing challenges, attrition, and retirement eligibility
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Commissioner Jessica Tisch provides details on NYPD staffing challenges, including projected attrition and retirement eligibility.
- Projected attrition for 2025: between 2,800 and 3,387 officers (8.35% to 10% of force)
- 5,335 uniformed members eligible for retirement during calendar year 2025
- Slight increase in retirement-eligible officers due to large hiring class from 20 years ago
- Discussion of the ongoing staffing crisis and its impact on the department
Yusef Salaam
0:57:28
I understand that the NYPD has issues attracting candidates which has led to a continued loss of headcount as attrition exceeds the number of new hires.
0:57:40
One strategy one strategy you have taken to counter this trend is to reduce the credit requirements necessary to be an NYPD officer.
0:57:50
How many officers do you estimate will separate from service this year?
Melinda Katz
0:57:55
Do you have that
Jessica Tisch
0:57:56
number, separation for service?
0:57:58
Hold on, I can get it.
0:58:03
Okay.
0:58:06
In 2025, it's actually a range.
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Our projected attrition is between 2,800 and 28 and 3,387.
0:58:23
So that would be a difference of 8.35% to 10%.
Yusef Salaam
0:58:28
And how many of these active NYPD officers are currently eligible for retirement and what percentage of the current uniform headcount is eligible for retirement?
Jessica Tisch
0:58:39
I can get that number.
0:58:41
Let me get back to you with the number of eligible for retirement.
0:58:45
We'll get that to you quickly.
0:58:48
Oh, have it here.
0:58:49
Sorry, I found it.
0:58:50
Eligible for total uniformed members of service eligible for retirement is 5,335.
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Those are eligible for retirement during calendar year 2025.
Yusef Salaam
0:59:10
And how does the current percentage of eligible retirees compare to the previous years?
Jessica Tisch
0:59:16
It's slightly up.
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And the reason it's up is because we had such a large class twenty years ago.