Angeliesse and Mike Nesterwitz, former NYPD officers, highlight the department's struggle with overtime demands, which led to their departure for Florida. Despite earning over $100,000 annually, their work-life balance deteriorated, prompting concern about starting a family. Their situation reflects wider challenges within the NYPD, where officers are leaving in significant numbers and reliance on overtime has spiraled costs to over $1 billion in 2024, causing broader issues including allegations of corruption. Commissioner Jessica Tisch is attempting to address these challenges amid plummeting recruitment numbers and rising officer retirements.
We were going to get a house, thinking, Are we even going to enjoy that house?' he said. I want to work to live, not live to work.
I am not going to sugarcoat the real recruitment issues that we're facing, Commissioner Tisch said on Thursday during a speech before the New York City Police Foundation.
The recruitment picture is just as bleak, with the number of people signing up to take the entrance exam plunging by more than half since 2017.
It's a strategy that in the 2024 fiscal year cost the department more than $1 billion, twice what it had budgeted for overtime.
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