Law Enforcement News Police agencies are desperate to hire. But they say few want the job. The San Francisco Police Department is down more than 600 officers, almost 30 percent of its allotment. Phoenix needs about 500 more officers to be fully staffed. The D.C. police force is smaller than it has been in 50 years, despite troubling gun violence and carjackings, as officers
m Camile Lewis, 44, was arrested on suspicion of assault in connection with an altercation before a Los Angeles City Council meeting, in which she is accused of hitting a man in the face with a bag that had a laptop in it, causing a "small laceration to the victim s left check," police officer J. Chaves said.