Staffing

"I think there's a potential for danger," Sheriff Vern Warnke said. "I think there's a chance for our criminal element to grasp what's going on"

"I heard [my father’s] stories growing up and saw how much impact it had … I wanted the same thing," Officer Calyn Dausch said

A tax would be added to create a fund that would allow for minimum staffing limits to be set and increased until the department reaches 2,074 officers

The move will result in an estimated decrease of officers to about 29,000 by 2025

Mayor Eric Adams announced that next year's city budget will come with "extremely painful" cuts, which are likely to impact the NYPD and FDNY

The move would give the department chief more discretion to fill, change or leave vacant officer shifts and respond to department needs

The union claims the city had "ample time" to pay up; the union said they are calculating individual back pay for each of the 8,800 sworn officers

Police Chief Hollie Chadwick stated that although they have enough patrol officers, the PD lacks roles like PIOs, cold case detectives and animal control

“If things don’t change, it’s going to be bad for Jefferson County,” Deputy Clint Bowden said

“This grant is incredibly important because, as we all know, there’s nothing that keeps our neighborhoods safe like having more boots on the ground,” Mayor Jane Castor said

The department also announced the cities that will be added to the National Public Safety Partnership in 2024, as well as a national summit on violent crime

"This is about me serving you, so thank you," Kirkpatrick said after taking the oath

More than 3,000 applicants for next year's entrance exam were between 29 years old, the previous maximum age, and 34 years old

Minneapolis officers worked 265,000 overtime hours this year after losing 40% of the department over the past three years

As much as 40% of Antioch's officers are currently suspended for investigations of misconduct, some involving the FBI