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Chief Howard Hall flipped through the notes heâs made from exit interviews over the past year: There was an officer who left to go into nursing, another who went to an insurance company, one became a welder, two planned to make the move to the roofing business. In total, Roanoke County saw 28 of its police officers leave during 2020, about one-fifth of its department. That is both abnormal and normal all at once â abnormal because itâs twice as high as the turnover the agency would expect in a typical year. Normal because it tracks with a surge in police departures unfolding nationwide. âThis is going on everywhere,â Hall said. âItâs going to take a long time to catch up in terms of where we are from a vacancies perspective. âThatâs very problematic. We need good people coming into this profession. When things are happening to deter that, thatâs certainly not progress. Thatâs going to create negative community effects for the lon
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Chief Howard Hall flipped through the notes heâs made from exit interviews over the past year: There was an officer who left to go into nursing, another who went to an insurance company, one became a welder, two planned to make the move to the roofing business.
In total, Roanoke County saw 28 of its police officers leave during 2020, about one-fifth of its department. That is both abnormal and normal all at once â abnormal because itâs twice as high as the turnover the agency would expect in a typical year. Normal because it tracks with a surge in police departures unfolding nationwide.