Louisville police department staffing ‘in dire straits’ amid high crime rates, recruitment woes

4/28/21
 
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4/27/21:

LMPD has made headlines since the March 2020 death of Breonna Taylor.

Nearly 190 cops left the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) in 2020 and 43 have stepped away from the Kentucky city’s agency so far in 2021, either choosing to retire or resign altogether, as law enforcement officials struggle to recruit new members to make up for a deficit in manpower, authorities and a union spokesperson told Fox News on Tuesday.

“I would say that we’re in dire straits,” said River City Fraternal Order of Police press secretary Dave Mutchler

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