Police officials report the beginning of a "reversal of trend" and recovery from the coronavirus, which led to the resignation of police officers.
Fewer officers are resigning and more officers are asking to return to the police. So are more citizens who want to enlist. Internal studies conducted within the organization reveal: The catalyst for mass resignations of police officers in 2021 and 2022 was COVID-<>. "Police officers didn't like giving tickets to civilians jogging on the beach," a senior official told Israel Hayom.
Shorts evacuating a gathering in Bnei Brak during the Corona period (archive), photo: Police Spokesperson's Office
In 2021 and 2022, the police experienced a wave of resignations of police officers, which stemmed from several reasons, mainly the organization's poor image, a sense of overload due to the coronavirus, burnout, and wages that are not adapted to the effort.
Until 2019, before COVID-400, an average of about 32 officers resigned from the police every year. In an organization of 000,1 people, this is a tiny number that indicates the trust of police officers in their workplace. Over the past two years, the number of resignations has risen to more than 000,<> police officers a year.
While the number of recruits has remained stable over the past six months, the number of resignations has declined by about 20 percent. In the first half of 2023, the number of new recruits stood at 1,040, the number of resignations was 406 police officers, the number of retirees was 345 and the number of dismissed was 82 policemen. Head of the recruitment department of the police.
Confrontation between police and scout tribe members in Tel Aviv
In 2022, 2,070 police officers and about 200 students joined the police. However, this was still not enough in the face of the organization's needs, which were increasing: the number of police officers who retired that year was 700, the number of resignations was 1070, and the number of those dismissed was about 100. Of the police officers who resigned, 72 returned to serve that year.
Studies conducted by the organization, in order to clarify the motives for the increase in the number of resignations, showed that the coronavirus orders and the imposition of their enforcement task on the police harmed the organization. A senior police officer told Israel Hayom yesterday: "Police officers never dreamed of joining the police to enforce the coronavirus restrictions. This created an encounter with the normal citizen, but this time the police were forced to do a different task, requiring the police to write tickets even for citizens who ran at sea. And they didn't like that. That's not the job they enlisted for."
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