The overtime money has kept some people from retiring but eventually the flood gates will open even more widely than today. There is no easy fix like simply b1tching to the chief as the council does routinely. The low morale, low pay relative to other departments, low appeal of policing to young people, a very low unemployment rate, the total absence of a retirement pension for new hires and dozens of scandals advertised in the news have made it impossible to fully staff LMPD. It's only going to