Palm Springs faces police officer shortage, a national challenge

Less than two years ago, then-Mayor Grace Garner stood in the Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum for the annual State of the City address and boasted the city's police department had achieved full staffing levels after years of attempts to increase officer numbers.

It was hailed as an accomplishment, largely due to the City Council authorizing higher salaries for officers. But two years later, the department finds itself back where it started.