residents that are asking for more proactive patrols, but with the police department down more chie bill scott says it's going to take time to get back to adequate staffing levels. >> we have a plan to just try to stay stable. the good news is our hiring and our applicant pool is up significantly. we anticipate that means bigger academy classes. it's but it's going to take years to answer your question. >> reporter: one of the positives is the collaboration with the district attorney's office to prosecute the criminals arrested. some feel the next step may be the need to change some of the laws to make sure people are paying for their crimes. >> we have to remember that the police are charged with enforcing the law, but somebody else wrote that law. and we're the people who elected people to write those laws. so it basically comes down to us. >> reporter: as for the bob lee case, chief scott says they are following several leads, but no arrests have been made yet. >> our team has been working on a very important update on the years long crisis in the tenderloin. the emergency declared by mayor