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Officer, it probably takes six to eight months to background and get the right person into the queue and another six months to get them into training. >> reporter: the chief reporting 2021 was a disturbing year, with about 9600 threats recorded against lawmakers. threats, he says, that are continuing. >> the biggest challenge i think we have is keeping up with the number of threats. we have -- we've doubled the number of officers that investigate these threats. >> reporter: manger said many of the threats come in the form of emails, phone calls, social media posts. but some over the past year ...