Jacob Frey

We hemorrhaged officers following 2020.

And we are at the point where we're netting positive, more and more officers are coming on, but we don't have enough.

Now, juxtapose that 600 number versus the three or 4,000 or whatever it is, ICE agents and border control.

there is a massive imbalance here.

And our police officers have got to do the day-to-day work of being a cop.

And, you know, on top of that, we've got all of these calls coming in and all of these, you know, ice instigated events that are taking place that require some form of our police officers to do even more work on top.

Well, it all depends on the nature of the call, of course.

We respond to calls regarding kidnappings.

And so if somebody says, my son is getting kidnapped, we go.

If there is a protest taking place and an ambulance needs to get in to help somebody, we escort the ambulance in.

If property damage is taking place, we deal with the property damage.

And yes, we intervene.

If there is some form of misconduct or unlawful behavior, that is part of our officers' jobs.

And obviously,

This gets very difficult when you're also trying to determine whether the conduct that is taking place is within the roles and responsibilities provided, delegated to ICE or other agencies, or if it's outside that scope of a criminal nature.

This is a very tenuous and difficult place for officers to be.

Their goal is to keep the peace.

Absolutely.

They try to de-escalate the situation.

They try to keep the peace.