“Many police departments are having trouble getting quality officers.”
A return to merit based recruiting and other common sense policies will cause an immediate spike in quality applicants.
This is happening in the military as we speak.
The DEI policies put officers at risk - no one in their right mind wants to be partnered with one of these DEI females. High quality people tend to have a lot of career options, and when they see how badly DEI has f’d up law enforcement, they will choose a different career.