talking to police chiefs across the country, they say this increase has been tough, especially with the fact that so many police officers have died from covid. let's look at the increase. the 30% increase, from 2019, 6.0 homicides per 100,000. in 2020, it jumped to 7.8 homicides per 100,000. when it comes to suicides in the country, we actually saw a drop in 2019, it was 13.9 suicides per 100,000. in 2020, it was 13.5 suicides per 100,000. across the country, we've seen new measures going in to nmake sure that gun violence spans the communities. no matter what spectrum, crime and community involvement is something people have been talking about especially during the last year. these numbers, though, are really sobering because police departments have been struggling to get a grip on all the gun violence that's happening in the community. when you think about this, hospitals are much better at saving people now than they were ever been before so there's a