i am carley shimkus. todd: i am ashley strohmier and for todd piro and merry christmas with your families and friends or whatever you are doing. currently, we did get to spend some time with our loved ones. look at that. this is may be yesterday santa claus gifted those onesies but we had so much fun on s fox & friends first and we got to hang to 2 mike hang out with santa and to his sleigh, his roster next year if they passed the past but never touched a reindeer before, but that did happen. we got to have a christmas breakfast after i got done with work yesterday but look at maggie. that is my little miss maggie. she was so when enthused of course, ialways get the nicee i m that nice win. but we had some problems with our electricity. ashley: because it stormed? carley: we didn t have power 72 hours and kind of blew up again so we have to go back brand-new, mind you. ashley: were you freezing? carley: we had icicles inside and it was a complete disaster so i fee
overworked and forces them to this point to complete exhaustion? absolutely i blame that situation. the way it has been framed pure the way it s been allowed to be discussed without being challenged would give rise to any power for any individual considering career and service. having second thoughts. all are entering careers and my wife and i have had many discussions about this. we approached some of this with a heavy heart. our accounts to my kids continue but how can we encourage others in an environment like this? a national discussion has to change. ashley: sorry, you said you will talk to the troopers union, but have you spoken to them yet and what does that conversation look like? oh, yeah, the troopers union has been absolutely fantastic to support lucas.
trooper with the veteran the veteran severely injured in a car accident after working multiple long shifts. lucas father and retired police chief rich joints me now. thank you so much for getting up with me this morning and good morning to you. good morning thank you so much for having me on. be one good morning, it is nothing for people to know that right now there is a shortage for the police all across the board whether state troopers, deputy sheriffs and there is an issue with that right now. how did you guys come up with this idea of having these sleeping trailers, especially when it comes to the short-term relief for the officers who were so overworked? well, the solution is still up in the air. the problem is that the facilities for the state police, unfortunately after work are
and driving back and forth, these long hours, they are exhaustive all the time. lucas will often come to our home and pass out on the couch. and my wife and i are happy to have him save. but they also come it is absolutely miraculous. we ve had the honor and privilege to meet i m going to say hundreds of troopers through this process. and they are outstanding people. they work incredibly hard. they are incredibly dedicated. and i find the fact that this, one of the finest state police organizations in this nation having a difficulty like this with recruitment really goes back to the issue of the way the police have been traded the last 3-5 years. ashley: you blame recruitment issues with officers and treatments are being