personnel, 250 additional civilians, and yet the cost of policing went up. that's directly tied to labor agreements and to the cost of what it means to have a professional police officer, just as the rest of america has a 2% or 3% cost of living raise or advancement in their salaries, the police are no different. so we saw a 3% increase, a physical head count go down by hundreds. now, i'm thankful this the city council under the leadership of mayor garcetti has made the investment to allow us to start hiring again. we're going to hire 740 line personnel this next year, classes in our academy start within the next month. that's going to help us stem the tide of attrition, but it's important that we continue to focus on the morale of our people. the devastating impact is about 100 of them left early because of what we believe is the state of policing where they feel