It doesn't concern me, either: I don't live, work in, or visit New York
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"No, it does not [concern me]," Adams told Good Day New York on Monday when asked about the more than 1,500 officers who have either resigned or retired from the New York City Police Department this year. "We got an amazing recruitment campaign coming in. This is a great opportunity to diversify the department."
The NYPD's data on its racial makeup show that the force is already representative of New York City's diversity: The department is 44 percent white, 30 percent Hispanic, 15 percent black, 10 percent Asian, and less than 1 percent American Indian.
The number of officers leaving the NYPD has surged this year, with departures from the force up 38 percent from the same period last year, according to the New York Post.
Adams, a former police captain, attracted controversy earlier this year when comments he made during a 2019 speech about his white colleagues in the NYPD resurfaced.
"I kicked those crackers' ass," Adams said. "I was unbelievable in the police department."
NYPOST: The NYPD was hoping to hire 1,009 new cops for the class that was sworn in in December. In the end, the upcoming graduating NYPD class totals a mere 675, police sources said. The current police officer exam, whose registration began June 8, is free.
“It will take 20 years to fix this mess,” said Joseph Giacalone, a John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor and a former NYPD sergeant.
