MISSOURI CITY, Texas (KTRK) -- On Monday, Missouri City leaders are considering raising the signing bonus for new police officers.

Missouri City is looking into increasing its signing bonus for new police officers from $10,000 to $15,000, and part of the reason is that they say they don't have enough officers.

This city council ordinance, up for a vote Monday evening, acknowledges that the police department currently has 10 or more vacancies in the police officer rank.