A former California sheriff’s deputy who left the force after being brutally attacked by a suspect issued a chilling warning to future law enforcement officers, saying that being a cop “isn’t worth it.”
Meagan McCarthy left the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department in 2022 after she was attacked by a suspect who beat her before gaining control of her gun and shooting the mother.
The man who attacked her in the 2019 incident, Ari Young, was acquitted of attempted murder and assault after a reform to the state jury selection process allowed those with an “expressed bias” against law enforcement to serve on the case, according to McCarthy. .
Now the ex-cop is warning anyone considering joining the force to reconsider because lawmakers won’t protect them.
“It would be very difficult for me to serve the institution of law enforcement just because the politicians, the elected officials and our leaders don’t have our backs,” McCarthy said. Fox news.
Meagan McCarthy warned future law enforcement officers that being a police officer “isn’t worth it” and that progressive lawmakers won’t protect them
McCarthy retired from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department in 2022 after she was attacked by a suspect and said she hoped her children would never become police officers
‘I don’t think this job is worth it. With what happened to me, with a suspect trying to kill me and then the criminal justice system, the California legal system and our California legislators, none of them in the last five years, I have seen, your backs.
“You have to worry about these leaders coming after you years later,” she said. “We see all these crazy, woke prosecutors opening cases years later.”
Police departments across the country have struggled to recruit new officers in recent years.
Following the widespread calls for reform that swept the country following the killing of George Floyd, funding was cut in many departments.
Many police officers believe the legislature has become soft on crime, making their jobs more difficult and not protecting them.
“It’s really hard to say why anyone should be a cop these days,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy said police should worry about “woke” prosecutors and elected officials who “don’t have our backs.”
“Now that you have to worry about your livelihood, can my family still afford a mortgage if something happens to me later?”
When a jury acquitted her attacker, McCarthy said the justice system had not only failed her, but had set a “damaging” precedent for police officers and victims around the world.
“Not only did I lose my job when the suspect tried to execute me, but my career was lost, I can no longer contribute to our bills,” she said.
Shocking video captured the September 4, 2019 incident when McCarthy responded to a home on Cabazon Ct. in Victorville for domestic disturbance.
The former San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy had responded to calls from a distressed Victorville mother who had begged police to remove her son from her home.
McCarthy and Young were seen wrestling before the man punched her in the face and head several times.
When McCarthy fell to the ground, Young grabbed the woman’s firearm and attempted to shoot the law enforcement officer.
A jury has acquitted the man who brutally attacked McCarthy by beating her, then taking control of her gun and shooting the mother in 2019.
Shocking video captured the September 4, 2019 incident when McCarthy responded to a home on Cabazon Ct. in Victorville for domestic disturbance
Young shot the officer multiple times as she tried to run away.
The bullets fired at McCarthy missed and she fortunately escaped the incident without life-threatening injuries. She was taken to hospital without serious injuries.
On May 31, 2023, a jury acquitted Young – who suffers from schizophrenia – of the attempted murder charge, but found him guilty of negligent discharge of a firearm.
“If my boys or my daughter came to me and said, ‘Mom, I want to be a police officer,’ I would give them every reason not to be one.”
“I was very proud to be a police officer,” she said. “I love serving the community, and I wish the police department could swing the pendulum back for them.”