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Sergeant smith, the police resignations are up 18% and retirements up 45%. how long do you expect this trend to last? what are some solutions to this? >> well, i think this trend will last another year or t. replacing the police officers is very difficult. remember a police officer goes through nine months to a year training a day before hired before they hit the streets. now, we are going to have difficulty retaining officers because of many things you just described. we can't get new people to this profession because law enforcement has been light about, we have been vilified. so we are head...

These people who have answers to crime, to high taxes and field education. they should be solving it. they have no answers but instead come everyday they are making it worse. i'm telling you why a picture of chicago isn't the definition of corruption and urban dictionary, it should be. >> carley: philly, st. louis, just to name a few when it comes to the severe staffing shortages. the police departments around the country struggled to remain staff, a rising crime is taking hold. new york city crime is up over 30%. chicago over 39% in san francisco 7.4% and that is just a couple. >> carley: ash...

And throw their hands up in the air and say, i'm not going to do this job anymore. they realize no one will take the job. this is a family tradition for me. my family got me to take the police department job at first. and now, no one wants their kid to take this job. we are in a crisis and we need officers desperately. >> carley: the police officers that worked at fox and i asked them if they were 20 years old and about to start their own careers now, where they become a police officer? and a lot of them said with the way things are right now the answer is no. it is unfortunate because police ...

RAPID CITY, S.D.– After a warning about phone scammers from Montana-Dakota Utilities, law enforcement is reminding us to be wary of calls from unfamiliar numbers. Sergeant Jeromy Smith of the

Plans to host a DJ night at a derelict site in Barrow have been turned down by the council.