And that's exactly what we're seeing right now. Further cuts to sworn officer positions where a 1% decrease with 17 less police officers. And that doesn't even touch on, you know, the 200 plus positions that are unfilled right now. And then the future retirements that we're going to see during this next budget. And the budget doesn't even include enough training academy classes to fill these positions. (00:16–00:20)
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Asserts that there are over 200 unfilled police positions currently.
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