Overtime is needed, but what the department really needs is a change in policing strategy, organizational structure, training, situational awareness and leadership. Band-aid solutions and SPI's outdated and out-of-touch liberal political rhetoric coming from the Chief will not fix the problem. It justs makes the department look incapable of adapting to new realities and fulfilling its mission. http://www.wdrb.com/story/30771332/councilman-wants-citys-surplus-money-for-more-lmpd-officers Of that