Blue line getting thinner in West Coast states as police take refuge in Idaho
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Staffing plummeted at police departments across the United States following 2020's anti-police protests, but Idaho saw a spike in out-of-state applications.
Hannah Ray Lambert is an associate producer/writer with Fox News Digital Originals.
Fast-forward a year and Horst stood with his family in downtown Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, watching fire trucks and police cars roll through the street for the city's Independence Day celebration. The Kootenai County sheriff waved at residents from the back of a pickup truck, a revolver snug against his hip, Horst recalled. Cars, homes and businesses around town display the blue line flag year-round, and Horst said it's not unusual for people to offer to buy coffee for police when they see them out in the streets. Fox News' Ramiro Vargas contributed to the accompanying video.
"That is so powerful for the men and women in uniform up here to have that backing," said Horst, who left California Highway Patrol and started a real estate business in North Idaho. "It's a pretty phenomenal place to do the job."
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