Several members of the police department spoke at city council meeting Wednesday night. They say the pay isn't high enough to retain officers and they're struggling to cover shifts.
Surpass what is they would have projected or anticipated. what kind of police officer shortage is chicago facing right now? shortage in chicago is real. aside from the 900 people who retired we also know there are individuals who are leaving to go to, for lateral promotions in other departments in other cities, other states. florida, for example. as well as the fact that in 2020 s budget the mayor eliminated 600 officer positions in the chicago police department. she has a running vacancy of about 1000 officers in the department right now and for 2022 she only committed in writing to hiring 200 officers to make up for the loss. so she is already at 1800 down. will replace them with 200. that doesn t account still for any kind of promotions that happen within the ranks. pete: it doesn t count still for additional retirements necessarily that may occur. you have a couple choices if
People enjoying themselves in the moments later. chaos, the cell phone video huge crowds of people literally running for their lives scrambling to find cover as a barrage of gunshots let off near bourbon and orleans street at least five people wounded by the gunfire at this hour we do not know the extent of their injuries, however, according to local reports none of the injuries are life-threatening the newer lanes police department says it has detained one person in searching for others but it s not clear any connection that those people have to the shooting, new orleans like many other cities across the country of a police officer shortage and a spike in crime this is how the president of the police association of new orleans recently frame the issue. new orleans should be at 1600 commissioned officers and were about a thousand that puts a 60%
Garnering national attention tonight. is correspondent matt finn says the city is also dealing with the police officer shortage. we have to warn our viewers that this video is violent and difficult to watch. minneapolis police tell us that so far 16 people have been arrested for targeting multiple people for valuable objects like cell phones. one that young male is punched and kicked in the head and then a mob gathers around him until he s unconscious. as he lays there out cold, something is taken from his pocket. he is currently not living a normal life and can t drive to work. in another come to males are repeatedly attacked and they fight back but one is knocked unconscious. in a third daytime aerial video, a mob pummels a man to the ground and they beat him with a belt, pull off his pants and even ride a bike over him. the attackers run to gain speed