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for homicide investigations. lawrence: sergeant, simply put, what does it mean whether you have less officers on the street? it means quite a bit. it means that you re sending less first responders to an incident. it the other thing here is officer wellness. the inability for our troopers to get time off. they come in for their 7 to 3:30 shift. and likely they are not going to be going home. they are going to be forced to stay. we see troopers working three, four days in a row double shifts. mandated due to the staffing short falls. and that s why we understand the nature of what colonel mason is doing here and it s to allow our folks to get time off for the mental and physical well-being and to be well-rested. we saw the incident in wakefield with a standoff. we need more troopers on the road. we need rested and well trained troopers out there. lawrence: you need increased pay

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