During portions of an interview with NBC News aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of “NBC Nightly News,” interim LAPD Chief Dominic Choi stated that the LAPD is severely understaffed and it is “demoralizing” “to put somebody in jail because of criminal behavior, and then that person is walking out the door before they can finish their reports.”
Host Lester Holt asked, “Chief, is it fair to say you are severely understaffed?”
Choi answered, “Absolutely.”
Choi also said, “I think if we had about 12,000, we would be well-staffed. And as of last Monday, we are at 8,832.”
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In another part of the interview, Holt asked, “Has the shortage of police officers simply made it harder to respond to certain types of calls?”
Choi answered, “I
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