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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.

April 13, 2020

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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.

April 13, 2020

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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.

April 10, 2020

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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?"

April 10, 2020

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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.

April 10, 2020

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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.

April 9, 2020

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Former Colorado Trooper Arrested for Violating "Social Distancing" Rules

A former trooper with the Colorado State Patrol was handcuffed in front of his 6-year-old daughter on a softball field by officers with the Brighton Police Department who were enforcing "social distancing" rules.

April 9, 2020

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South Carolina Teen Under Quarantine Coughs on Officers

A teenage girl in South Carolina was arrested Wednesday and has been charged with breach of peace high and aggravated after police say she intentionally coughed on officers, claiming to have coronavirus.

April 9, 2020

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California Agency Builds Coronavirus Decontamination Center

The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office has established a “Virus Response Team” that will maintain a tented area and adjacent shower trailer behind the agency’s training center.

April 8, 2020

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Missouri Officers Infected by COVID-19 or Quarantined to Receive Workers' Compensation

Anna Hui, director of the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, said it would have been difficult without the emergency directive given to the department from Gov. Mike Parson for first responders to have otherwise proven an infection was the result of their professional duties.

April 8, 2020

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3M, Law Enforcement Cracking Down on N95 Mask Fraud

Both 3M and law enforcement are becoming more organized in their efforts to fight the fraud. 3M has set up a hotline, 800-426-8688, to help streamline its efforts and is investigating every instance it knows about, said Denise Rutherford, the company’s senior vice president of corporate affairs.

April 8, 2020

Procedures & Policies

Philadelphia Police Ordered to Wear Face Masks to Protect Against Coronavirus

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw announced Wednesday morning each of the department’s 6,500 officers were issued a cloth mask that they’re now required to wear. They were also given a bag to store their mask in.

April 8, 2020