of octave, but to be clear, black people want law enforcement in their communities. when they call 9-1-1, they want them to show. up a lot of, times it s the black news weather not showing. up one of the reasons why they may not be showing up because they don t look at this as priority calls and having to prioritize their calls because on force was playing a catcher. law enforcement is playing social worker, so they re not wanting to talk about what defund was about, which was always about making sure it was supporting one forces because they signed up, they signed up to protect and serve, and not to do all of these are the jobs. it is about efficiency. defund the police is not a democratic political policy. and it is a reallocation of funds. when you say black people want law enforcement, yes, but they also don t want to call law enforcement to become a victim of law enforcement. lucy, i want to ask, cute because you called up abortion, but the whole republican talking point bef
does that look like? we are seeing the same issues as does that look like? we are seeing the same issues as our does that look like? we are seeing the same issues as our colleagues| does that look like? we are seeing i the same issues as our colleagues in other ambulance services across the uk and ireland, we have a significant number of staff who are unable to work either because they have developed covid or they are having to isolate because of contact with it, on top of the normal sickness levels we have at this time of year, we have between a quarter and a third of our staff currently unable to work. that is combined with the pressures of increased calls with covid, significant delays in handing patients over when we arrive at hospitals, that is make it difficult for us to respond to emergencies in a timely fashion. hagar emergencies in a timely fashion. how do ou emergencies in a timely fashion. how do you prioritise emergencies in a timely fashion. how do you prioritise the
them safe. fascinating. thank you for giving us that. i will put it up across our social media. our website so people can access it. you are from seattle. it was a great segue leading cops in that area. this gets personal for some police officers. portland police with a scary warning last week because they want to do the job but here is their reality. the department tweeted this, due to the critical incidents and staffing shortages now officers are only responding to priority calls and warning, some response times would be delayed. salt lake city another example of a struggle with emergency response. residents there back in august faced an average wait of more than 17 minutes and down to 13 minutes in november. 13 minutes is a long time if you are having a heart attack or someone has broken their back in your home or you are
due to critical incidents and staffing shortages officers were only responding to priority calls. warning response times will be delayed for certain calls. i am reading they are hours long. it comes as the city has hit a grim milestone, congresswoman. 80 murders so far this year surpassing the city s all time high of 67 killings for the entire year and that was way back in 1987. last year the department lost 84 police officers. they either retired or quit when the portland city council cut the budget by $15 million. the council is now scrambleling to fix the problem. 5.2 million was restored to the budget. the problem is you can t replace what you lost. you lost experience on the job. absolutely. my husband has been a member of our local community s department for 14 years. coming up on 15 in march. when you talk about the
the victims have been identified as his wife, child, and mother-in-law. sandra: police departments nationwide face during staggering a shortage of police officers, that some emergency calls are going unanswered. please say about the shortage is so dire that they were delayed in getting to more than 6,000 top priority calls for help in just the last year. they tell fox news that since the year 2000, there has been a shortage of 150,000 officers nationwide. here in minneapolis, the situation really has become critical. the police chief here is asking for 400 new officers by 2025 to keep up with the recent increase in population and crime. however, proposing adding only 14 officers. the shortage here has resulted