That was the reason to raise the pay, provide incentive pay, and then also encourage our officers not to retire early, but to stay on the force. And, you know, We are now below 9,000 officers, and we haven't had that, a drop like that in over a couple of decades. And so you say to people, come work for us. Absolutely. And that we will pay you and that there's an incentive to come work for the force. (07:44–07:53)
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