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Respond to a 911 call in the event of short staffing. then finally, massachusetts, the state police experiencing a lack of nearly 600 uniformed members due to the vaccine mandate. and according to the troopers union, don, that is below a safe and manageable level. don. >> well be watching this very closely. dan simon, thank you, sir. i appreciate it. well be right back.

Washington, it has been my honor and privilege to work alongside all of you. >> reporter: and whatever you think of vaccine mandates, i mean thats tough to see, right? this is somebody who had been on the force for 17 years, by all accounts had a distinguished career and made sergeant last year. but obviously thats a choice that he made, don. >> yeah. cities like chicago are seeing a large part of their force defying the vaccine mandates. look, they need these officers. they need as many officer...

Some police officers and unions are calling for defiance against the mandate, setting up possible showdowns with staff shortages already causing head aches. joining me now, cnn correspondent dan simon. dan, this is a big story. why is this such an issue with officers leaving their jobs over this? >> reporter: well, don, weve seen this for a while now with police officers reluctant to get vaccinated. but now its really coming to a head with these vaccine mandates, and some officers have decided t...

More than a third of chicagos close to 13,000 police officers defied the citys mandate to report their vaccination status by this past friday, which translates to 4 r,500 police officers that could be on no pay status in the foreseeable future. 64% of the department reported the status. the lowest of any city department. among those who did said they were vaccinated. according to mayor lightfoot, a small number of officers have been placed on no pay status as part of the disciplinary process tha...

Covid vaccine mandates going into effect in states and cities across the country, and while the vast majority of workers are getting their shots, some police officers and unions are calling for defiance against the mandates, setting up possible showdowns with staff shortages already causing headaches. joining me, correspondent dan simon. good evening. this is a big story. why is this such an issue with officers leaving their jobs over this? >> well, don, weve seen this for a while now with polic...

Advice, richard, about keeping calm, and you know, taking a few deep breaths and allowing things to play out as they will. it applies not only to air travel and so many things in life. thank you so much for the time. appreciate you. >> my pleasure. so an outbreak of in san francisco its prompting the pharmacy giant to shut down five locations in the city. >> this is wild, the san francisco police department reports nearly 22,000 larceny theft cases since the beginning of the year. cnn correspo...

Health and well being. >> dan simon, thank you so much for filing that report. >> up next, a little canine comfort, how therapy dogs are helping officers on capitol hill deal with the stresses of the job. well be right back. paul loves food. but his diabetes made food a mystery. everything felt like a “no.” but then paul went from no to know. with freestyle libre 14 day, now he knows how food affects his glucose. and he knows when to make different choices. take the mystery out of your gluco...

Says criminals are only hurting people in their own neighborhoods. >> when they do this it impacts their family members, their grandmothers who cant get their medicine at their pharmacies or resources they need to take care of their health and well-being. >> reporter: experts say the key to tackling this problem is to really prevent these goods from appearing online in the first place. a bill making its way through congress could help in that regard. the informed consumers act. it would require ...

I dont really have much of a choice. i have to get around somehow. i think definitely a lot of supply chain issues that need to be resolved. >> a lot of people basically suffering. need to pay their bills and these gas prices are taking away from them paying their rent and their mortgages. so i think it should be lower. weve got to do something about it. i dont know. got to do something about it. >> reporter: experts telling us it all comes down to simple economics. supply and demand. demand rig...

Gas prices are at a seven-year high and you contrast that with how cheap the energy was at the beginning of the pandemic. but now supply cannot keep up with demand as consumers get back on the road. >> dan simon is at a gas station in san francisco. what are the prices looking like there, dan? l . >> well, the highest gas prices in the san francisco area. $4.89 for a regular gallon of unleaded gas. of course, california typically has some of the highest gas prices in the country, but a little mo...