The National police shortage is growing and small town police departments across the US say they don't have the money to keep their offices open.
, Lott is one of nearly 40 small towns across the U.S. that have disbanded their police forces since 2019; now relying on local sheriffs and larger police departments.Upstate New York’s Fulton County Sheriff Richard Giardino says his office faced similar problems.
"We were down to 10 deputies for 20 road-spots to cover 500 square miles a shift" Sheriff Giardino said. But, a new contract with higher salaries has saved their office. "We constantly have turnover because people could walk out of the door and make $10-12,000 more. We have 25 year pension plans, and other law enforcement agencies do 20 year pension plans. Within our area, we were the lowest paid county Sheriff’s Office until today" Sheriff Giardino said.SGT Betsy Smith with The National Police Association says smaller police departments closing is the result of a much larger problem:Staff sizes used to be much larger.
The mayor of Lott says that the town is managing without its police department, and likely won’t bring it back unless they see a major uptick in crime.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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