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Topic: police-staffing

A Los Angeles Police Department vehicle (file photo).
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Wednesday, 7/8, 10:54 PM

LAPD wrestles with a staffing crunch ahead of the 2028 Olympics

  • With the 2028 Olympics approaching, the Los Angeles Police Department is short of officers and searching for ways to put more of them on the street, even weighing whether to pause some of its own academy training, a sign of how badly the thinning department is straining to meet the demands of the Games.

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