During components of an appointment with NBC News aired on Wednesday’s spread of “NBC Nightly News, ” time LAPD Chief According to Dominique Choi, the LAPD is incredibly understaffed, and it is demoralizing to put someone in prison for having legal actions before they can submit their reports. ”
Producer Lester Holt asked, “Chief, is it fair to say you are seriously understaffed? ”
Choi answered, “Absolutely. ”
Choi even said, “ I think if we had about 12,000, we would get well-staffed. And as of next Monday, we are at 8,832. ”
Holt questioned in another interview whether the lack of police officers had just made it more difficult to respond to particular types of calls. ”
Choi answered, “ I think it ’s made it more difficult to answer to all types of calls. We are then required to respond to any visit of this nature, such as a crime that is pending right away. That dot has always been met by us. In fact, I think our response time is about six minutes for those type[s ] of calls. Where we’re seeing some slip, if you will, is our non-emergency names and our uncoded names, if you will. We’ve seen that number go from an average response time of about 20 minutes, upward to 40 minutes, up to an hour. ”
Allen added that while violent crime decreased in 2023, property crimes increased, and repeat offenders ‘ revolving doors increased, which is putting a strain on motivation. ”
He subsequently played a tape of Choi saying,” I understand the frustration that an agent works so hard to set someone in prison for their criminal actions before they can finish their studies. That is annoying, it ’s demoralizing. ”
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