Tag: COVID-19: Page 19

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Portland Chief Bars Roll Calls and Classroom Training Over Coronavirus

The one thing officers need most of all isn’t happening, said Daryl Turner, head of the rank-and-file police union. “We need to be tested,” Turner said.

March 23, 2020

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Video: Midtown Atlanta Residents Cheer First Responders Dealing with Coronavirus

In the video, cheers can be heard echoing among the buildings as people stand out on their balconies to join in.

March 23, 2020

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2 New Jersey Officers in Serious Condition with Coronavirus

Police Chief Michael Kelly, who oversees 950 police officers, said all Jersey City precincts and patrol cars will get daily “deep cleaning,” as well as an on-demand aerosol cleaning

March 23, 2020

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Protect Yourself by Documenting Your Coronavirus Exposures

How will officers who are symptomatic of the coronavirus now be able to substantiate its impact on their health in the future?

March 22, 2020

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Alabama Officers Help Truckers Buy Drive-Through Fast Food

With all dining rooms of fastfood restaurants closed and the tractor trailers too large to go through the drive-through, officers of the Eufaula Police Department are offering to get food for the truck drivers.

March 20, 2020

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Chicago Officers Ordered to Work Despite Possible Exposure to COVID-19

Dr. Robert Murphy—executive director of the Institute for Global Health at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine—said the decision to tell people who have had direct exposure to a case of COVID-19 to keep coming to work is "wrong."

March 20, 2020

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Maine Department Announces One Officer Tested Positive for COVID-19

The chief of police in Portland, ME, took to social media on Thursday evening to let residents know that one of his officers has tested positive for COVID-19—colloquially known as the coronavirus.

March 20, 2020

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California Officer Tests Positive for COVID-19

An officer with the Merced (CA) Police Department has tested positive for COVID-19—the disease caused by the novel coronavirus—and has now been quarantined to their home in Madera.

March 20, 2020

Technology

FirstNet Supports COVID-19 Emergency Response

As police and other first responders work around the clock to assess and mitigate the COVID-19 spread nationwide, FirstNet says it is proud to be helping to address public safety's needs and deliver for the men and women communities are counting on most.

March 20, 2020

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Coronavirus: Officer Health, Staffing Shortages, and Enforcing the Shut-Downs

An increasing number of officers—at least two dozen in Washington, another two dozen in California, and several more in other states—have been ordered into quarantine.

March 20, 2020

Vehicles

Agencies Cleaning Police Vehicles to Kill Coronavirus

The Kent County Sheriff’s Office in Michigan has set up a sanitation station for cruisers to be completely sanitized after they transport people to jail.

March 19, 2020

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Ohio Police Shutter Bar that Refused to Close Over Coronavirus Order

Police in Ohio took the unusual step of boarding up the entrance to a bar that held a private event for regular customers earlier this week, despite the standing order in that state to shut down operations amid the growing coronavirus outbreak.

March 19, 2020