the week of the 27th of june to july 8th. last week mayor bowser proposed spending more funding to hire an additional 170 police officers. the plan is already getting pushback from some on council arguing half of that money should be spent on violence prevention programs. d.c. police are down nearly 200 officers from last year. some retired and some quit. the head of the police union says the priority should be to replace those officers. >> this is a systemic problem in the criminal justice system. you don't have enough police officers. they are having to tools taken away they need to do the jobs. becoming apprehensive based on the liabilities put on by the city councils. >> the city council will debate the funding bowser wants putting less money into the police department earlier this year. not as many officers on the force. she has changed her tune following several high-profile shootings including one outside a restaurant a mile from the