It’s not the riots so much as the political leadership. When the local mayor, council, and DA all are on a “police are evil” political joyride, who in their right mind would want to be a cop in that environment? Especially when any decent cops can easily get jobs in more cop-friendly locales.
If you listen to fools THE MOB RULES - Black Sabbath.
The guys at PowerLine Blog live in the Minneapolis and frequently write about the socialist pathologies there. I did a lot of business trips to Minneapolis in the 80s and it was a great place back then. They had a peaceful, law-abiding city with a small police force.
It is “Exhibit A” in radical leftist destruction (tied with Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, etc).
RENO has had tremendous growth...
See how many officers they would be happy to have.,