KGO ABC7 News 400PM October 13, 2014
Strength of 1109 officers. When you factor in disabilities and military leave, the department is roughly 200 officers below that, and its expecting to lose well over 100 sworn officers this year from resignations and retirements. It means less officers on the street, more overtime for officers, higher response times, higher crime rates. Reporter the outlook of catching up is not good. A new Police Academy class starting tomorrow has a capacity of 60. The city made 29 job offers but five took jobs elsewhere and one was a noshow. That will mean the class will have 23 recruits, plus one who was p...