The preceding chapters have described men entering the police force and living with its conditions and restrictions. Some did not make beyond their probationary year. Quite a few were dismissed or asked to resign for committing defaults, though fewer as force discipline improved after the war. But outside these cases, a significant minority of qualified constables left the police force before reaching retirement age. Some left voluntarily. Their reasons for leaving, and for losing the supposedly irresistible police pension, fell into two basic categories. First, men in their first years of service discovered that they did not care for or could not cope with police life. Restrictions were too severe, the job was different than expected, or the physical requirements were too great. Second, as men got older, they left for domestic reasons. Their families disliked the constantly shifting schedules, parents wanted sons to enter a family business, or promotions did not arrive as hoped.