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Miya Mitchell-Bray was inspired by the 2020 social justice movement to become a police officer. The pay and shorter shifts offered by the Chesapeake Police Department factored into her decision to join that agency over other neighboring departments.

“I think a lot of this has to do with the national narrative about cops,” said Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum. “It — to be honest — has not been favorable.”