NORFOLK, Va. — There's no doubt Hampton Roads has seen an uptick in gun violence over the past couple of years. However, it's not just rising gun violence. Now, police departments across the seven cities are struggling with keeping sworn officers on staff.
Each department is down dozens of sworn officers, but some are even down hundreds.
This is putting a strain on their units in order to respond to back-to-back 911 calls.
On Monday on 13News Now at 6 p.m., we dig into the number of police officers each department across Hampton Roads is short and how our cities' police chiefs are tackling the problem.
