Tag: officer shortage

Patrol
New Mexico Governor Sends National Guard to Help Albuquerque Police
The National Guard will be responding to medical emergencies, de-escalating potentially volatile encounters, and working crime and accident scenes.
April 11, 2025
Command
Seattle Police Officials Want to Disband Mounted Unit
Eliminating the mounted unit will save the department an estimated $230,000 next year and $237,000 in 2026, interim Seattle police Chief Sue Rahr said.
October 2, 2024
Patrol
U.S. Park Police Says It Needs More Officer, Resources to Keep Tourists Safe
The agency, which primarily safeguards national monuments in Washington, D.C.; New York City; and San Francisco, is at its lowest staffing level since 1975, according to Ken Spencer, chairman of the United States Park Police Fraternal Order of Police (FOP
August 15, 2024
Command
Pennsylvania Agency Moves to 12-Hour Shifts
Chester Police Commissioner Steven Gretsky said the department is now offering 12-hour shifts so more officers can be out on the streets.
August 1, 2024
Patrol
Spate of Murders Has Minneapolis Police Asking for Help from Other Agencies
“This again just highlights the seriousness around the problem that we have with staffing in the city,” Police Chief Brian O’Hara said in a news conference about the murders.
July 29, 2024
Patrol
Personnel Shortage Forces San Francisco Officers to Work "Unsustainable" Overtime
A spokesperson for the police union said that the overtime cap for the police department has been repeatedly increased over the past few years, and is now at 2,000 (hours), with overages beyond that allowed in certain circumstances.
July 29, 2024
Command
Florida Incentive Program Drawing Officers from All Other States
“Florida is the most pro-law enforcement state in the nation because we back our blue,” state Attorney General Ashley Moody said.
July 10, 2024
Patrol
Seattle PD Recruiting DACA-Eligible Illegal Immigrants as Officers
The Seattle PD announced last week they are accepting applications from Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients after state legislation allowing "Dreamers" to apply for civil service positions went into effect in Washington.
June 19, 2024
Investigations
Houston Police Suspended 260,000 Cases Due to Lack of Personnel
Chief Troy Finner said the 264,000 suspended cases represents about 10 percent of the 2.8 million incident reports filed with the police department just in the past eight years.
February 27, 2024
Patrol
Austin Police Shortage Leaves Section of City Without Patrol Officers
Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock tweeted Saturday that an entire sector in East Austin went two hours without a patrol officer assigned to the sector.
February 21, 2024
Command
California Agencies Want Legislation to Reduce Court Time for Officers
Redding Police Chief Brian Barner has long thought it was odd that community service officers are allowed to interview witnesses to crimes, but state law prohibits them from testifying about what they were told.
January 12, 2024
Command
St. Louis Police Union Says Officer Staffing Hits Record Low
The St. Louis Police Officers Association reported that 116 police officers have resigned or retired in 2023. An alert on its website says there were 312 police vacancies as of Dec. 4 after 17 more officers left in the past month.
December 13, 2023
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