Deputy Police Chief Yvette Gentry, who commands patrol services for the Louisville Metro Police Department. "Our goal is to provide a timely response and intervention when we are needed." Lets try and get this straight. We are 100 or more officers short of required staffing levels, and have been for years. We ride one officer patrols. Yet, we are called in to the office and berated for low stats. Berated in actuality because we are short staffed and don't have time for writing tickets all day. According