The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said it is in the process of filling three positions.
Metro Corrections has been dealing with a serious staff shortage, and there has been a concerted effort to add new officers.
They need more people to be able to work fewer cases to make sure the most vulnerable kids in the commonwealth get help.
It's a statistic that makes some think the job isn't worth the risk.
Fern Creek Elementary is not among JCPS schools hiring for teaching vacancies days before classes begin for the 2022-23 school year.
The officer shortage in Louisville's jail is extending into its Home Incarceration Program.
Graves said the officers are physically and emotionally spent, and they want more money spent on recruiting, not more money for overtime.
Other staffing areas in JCPS and other school districts at "crisis point" during another school year affected by COVID-19 pandemic, Superintendent Marty Pollio says.