Blue city officers flocking to cop-friendly red states, police leader says: ‘Why would anyone stay?’
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In cities predominantly overseen by Democratic leaders, law enforcement officers are relocating to red states seeking job stability, improved compensation, and supportive leadership, according to a notable police representative.

Joe Gamaldi, the national vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) who serves as an active lieutenant in the Houston Police Department, shared that police officers in Democratically-run cities are growing weary of antagonism from their local government figures.

“What we’ve seen is really a mass exodus of police officers leaving far-left cities for basically greener pastures,” he told Fox News Digital. 

“Because, at the end of the day, individuals desire acknowledgment for their efforts. When leaders – such as mayors or city councils – consistently demean you in public discourse, why would anyone choose to remain in such an environment?”

“I mean, my goodness, right now, one of the mayoral candidates for New York has actively said he wants to defund and dismantle the police department,” Gamaldi said, referring to socialist Zohran Mamdani, who has been open with his anti-police rhetoric. 

Blue cities, Gamaldi said, are worse off for driving out their police forces.

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Police in riot gear surround the Arizona Capitol after protesters reached the front of the Arizona Senate building in reaction to the Supreme Court decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision June 24, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

“Look at the mass exodus of experience in solving cases and experience of just mentoring the next generation of police officers,” he said. “I mean, the damage that was done in 2020 with the defund the police movement, rhat’s going to reverberate for decades. You don’t just recover from something like that when you have all of that experience walking out the door.”

He also pointed to better pay and other financial perks, like cities covering moving expenses, as reasons law enforcement officers are moving away from far-left areas.

Police officer stands guard

Blue cities are worse off for not supporting their police officers, Gamaldi said. (Getty Images)

Ultimately, he posed a question to those who patrol the streets where they are unappreciated, saying, “Why not leave?”

“To anyone watching this right now,” Gamaldi said, “if your boss was constantly telling you [that] you’re doing a horrible job, and, in addition, if you were following the exact policies, training and the law of your job, and yet they are still demonizing you, still throwing you under the bus, still trying to indict you, why the hell would you stay?”

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