The Marmet Police Department is facing serious staffing shortages, with just three active officers on duty and one preparing to retire. Chief Larry Angell told Eyewitness News that the department is stretched thin, relying heavily on overtime as officers “work themselves to death.” The town approved a pay raise in September to attract new recruits, but Angell says departments across West Virginia are short-staffed and applications aren’t coming in. Marmet is now running one-officer shifts, and Angell says the goal is to double the force to at least eight officers to keep the community safe.