North Carolina Highway Patrol has a shortage of troopers

A staffing shortage that can be felt by North Carolinians is the lack of troopers on the roads.

Currently, there North Carolina Highway Patrol has about 250 trooper vacancies across the state. That number could keep growing as several agencies are facing a shrinking police force.

“They are pretty short here in Mecklenburg," Trooper Darrell Simpson, who helps with recruitment for the NC State Highway Patrol, said.

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