here's what one of the officers sergeant andrew schroeder told me a few weeks ago about what is happeningh. >> i think one of the biggest challenges is working with a deficit of officers. working on rebuilding the trust of the community. working on getting more cops to help us and working with what to limited resources we have. >> laura: scott, these are wonderful officers, down over 300 police officers in minneapolis, and we are trying to figure out why the police are not getting the support of the city leaders. very quickly your response. >> well, and the officer that just talked andrew schroeder was named minneapolis police officer of the year this past year for all of the great work he has done. so again, unless you can hear directly from the officers themselves, you're going to start to see some filters and really not going to get to hold truth of the matter. >> laura: scott, thank you again for your perspective. coming up ramos. as someone with hearing loss i know what a confusing and frustrating experience getting hearing aids can be. that's why i founded lively. affordable, high-q

. >> sergeant andrew schroeder in his eighth year with the police department and lieutenant jeff waiteen here 28 years. they both worked through the riots back when the department had nearly 900 sworn officers. now two years later, they're down to about 550 what are the biggest challenges you're facing as a police officer here 2-plus years after the floyd killing? >> i think one of the biggest challenges is working with the deficit of officers, working on rebuilding the trust with the community, working on getting more cops to help us and working with what limited resources we have now. >> it makes it tough for us to actually do our job without being harassed and cameras in our face when we're just trying to work. we're not trying to take away anybody's rights we're just trying to do our job and you constantly have people questioning how we do things and telling us that we're not doing things right and it's nonstop. >> laura: race relations have been challenging to say the least in the aftermath of some of these police-involved killings after chauven and floyd. how are race relations

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