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Newsby Staff WriterApril 15, 2020

Legislation Introduced to Cover Officers with Federal Benefits if They Die or are Disabled by COVID-19

“America’s public safety officers are out on the frontlines of this pandemic keeping America up and running as best they can,” said Rep. Bill Pascrell.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 14, 2020

Indian Officer's Hand Chopped Off While Enforcing Coronavirus Lockdown

An officer with the Punjab Police in India had his hand chopped off with a sword while he was attempting to enforce the lockdown put in place by the government amid the spread of COVID-19.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 14, 2020

Boston Officer Dies of COVID-19 Virus

An officer with the the Boston Police Department has died from the COVID-19 virus over the weekend.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 14, 2020

Virginia Officer Tests Positive for COVID-19 Virus

An officer with the Lynchburg (VA) Police Department has tested positive for COVID-19.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 13, 2020

New Jersey Officer Dies of Coronavirus

An officer with the Paterson (NJ) Police Department who had been hospitalized for more than 10 days with the coronavirus has passed away.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 13, 2020

Actor Matthew McConaughey and Wife Donate 80K Face Masks to First Responders

Actor Matthew McConaughey—alongside his wife, Camila Alves McConaughey—personally delivered thousands of protective masks to police and fire stations in Austin on Thursday.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 10, 2020

Charlotte First Responders Honor Local Hospital Staffs

First responders from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office, the Charlotte Fire Department, and Mecklenburg EMS sounded their sirens, flashed their lights and waved Thursday as they drove by doctors, nurses and other hospital staffers.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieApril 10, 2020

Coronavirus: Amid COVID-19 Outbreak, Police Press Forward

This is going to get worse—far, far worse—before it's going to get better, but contrary to what many in the mainstream media would have you believe, the world is not ending. We are going to get through this—the question is, "When?"

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 10, 2020

Most Officer COVID-19 Deaths to be Eligible for Federal LODD Benefits

The President of the National Fraternal Order of Police—Patrick Yoes—today issued a statement lauding the determination that law enforcement and other public safety officers who file a death benefit claim through the Public Safety Officers’ Benefit (PSOB) program for a COVID-19 related death will be found by the Bureau of Justice Assistance to have contracted the disease in the line of duty in most cases.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 9, 2020

Woman Charged After Claiming COVID-19 Infection and Spitting on Florida Officer

A woman has been charged with battery on a law enforcement officer after she claimed to be positive for COVID-19—the disease caused by the coronavirus—before spitting on an officer who had responded to a domestic disturbance call on Sunday afternoon.

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