PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — More than a dozen Providence police officers are off the job right now due to injury.

So how are these incidents affecting the department, and why is it costing taxpayers?

Target 12 Investigator Alexandra Leslie goes to the city's top cop for answers Monday on 12 News at 5.

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