BRATTLEBORO -- After experiencing a prolonged shortage in staff, the police department has rearranged scheduling. "Our department has been relatively short staffed for some time now but over the past six months, maybe year, our staffing has continued to decline as additional officers have resigned and left the department," Interim Police Chief Mark Carignan said during the Select Board meeting held remotely Tuesday. "Currently, our overall strength is at less than two-thirds." Brattleboro has 17 officers working in a department authorized for 27, and not all of the officers are assigned to patrol duties, Carignan said. If officers did not offer to work overtime, they have found themselves assigned to overtime shifts.