Jim Walden: “We should be around 40,000 police officers.”

“You have a plan that includes enhancing training to reduce injuries and increasing the police force. Tell us more about that. Well, we're at epically low levels with the police. I mean, We should be around 40,000 police officers. And by the end of this year, we could be down as far as. So one of the problems with safety is just that we don't have enough officers.” (09:38–09:41)

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