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The president of the Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police Rick Snyder says that the billboard is letting the public know that officers want to do their best to serve the public. However, he says they can’t serve properly because of that shortage.
"What we are hearing from many of our officers that are leaving is that they are going to suburban police departments where they have better schedules, better equipment, often times better or at least competitive pay,” Snyder said. “The most important thing is support from the community." Rice has a background in public safety and has been a fire fighter for several years. He says conversations about officer shortages are happening across the country. He thinks younger generations are less interested in public service because of the pay and long hours it requires. He says it can often be harder to attract public safety workers to larger cities because there are more calls and runs which can be draining.
"Officers who are out here risking their lives to put very bad people in jail expect that the criminal justice system will then do their job to ensure accountability,” Snyder said. “We want fairness, we want transparency, and we want equal justice under the law. But that's got to occur and that's not occurring in Marion County."
Our community expects its police department to work with them to reduce violent crime, respond to 911 calls for service, engage with them, and maintain our high levels of training.
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