Police officers driven out by progressive treatment offer next-generation law enforcement a blunt warning

Police departments across the country are warning of a recruiting and retention crisis – while morale among officers plummets and violent crime plagues cities.

It would be really hard for me to go and serve the institution of law enforcement, just because the politicians, the elected officials, our leaders do not have our backs. Every year it was like, it can't get any worse than this. And then it just did.

Meagan McCarthy was a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy before a near-death encounter with a violent suspect forced her into retirement. She said she always wanted to work for the public's benefit and attended nursing school before she went on a police ride-along that changed her life.

"The biggest takeaway that I honestly had from law enforcement … you really were the line between good and evil," she told Fox News Digital. "We responded to things that if the cops wouldn't have gotten there when they did, it would be horrible situations for people on top of already dangerous situations."