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LA County Sheriff Closing 2 Stations Over Pandemic Budget Strain
Like all agencies throughout the country, the LA County Sheriff’s Department is grappling with the sudden expenses of the coronavirus pandemic. Villanueva says more than 1,100 employees have been quarantined and 84 have tested positive.
May 5, 2020
La County Station Closing
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5.11 Salutes Police and Other Pandemic Heroes, Offers 20% Discount on Products
Law enforcement product and apparel company 5.11 Tactical has released a video thank you to first responders and other frontline workers still performing their duties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 5, 2020
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NYPD Union Wants Police Out of Social Distancing Enforcement
“This situation is untenable: the NYPD needs to get cops out of the social distancing enforcement business altogether,” a statement from Police Benevolent Association president Patrick Lynch said.
May 5, 2020
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Policing During the Plague
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced agencies to find new ways of doing the job while keeping officers and the public safe.
May 5, 2020
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Law Enforcement Product Companies Help in the Fight Against COVID-19
Manufacturers and retailers are pivoting to provide protection and services for first responders on the front lines during the coronavirus crisis.
May 5, 2020
Ford Motor Company began producing face shields in its factory and was able to deliver more than 7,500 of them to the New York Police Department between March 25 and April 6. (Photo: Ford)
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Alabama Sheriff Says He Won't Enforce COVID-19 Restrictions
Sheriff Mark Moon of the Blount County (AL) Sheriff Office has declared that he will not enforce the "stay-at-home" restrictions imposed by Governor Kay Ivey.
May 4, 2020
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Armed Demonstrators Storm Michigan's State House Over Stay-in-Place Orders
Hundreds of angry demonstrators—some of them armed with firearms—stormed Michigan's State House on Thursday to protest stay-at-home orders being enforced by state and municipal police officers across the Wolverine State.
May 1, 2020
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MIT Testing Reveals Masks Distributed by Massachusetts to First Responders are Deficient
One type of mask distributed by the state filtered only about 28% of airborne particles.
May 1, 2020
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5-Year-Old Daughter of Detroit First Responders Dies of COVID-19
Her mother is a 25-year veteran of the Detroit Police Department. Her father has served 18 years with the Detroit Fire Department. And she died on April 19 from complications of COVID-19.
April 30, 2020
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Florida Officer Dies of Coronavirus
An officer with the Clermont (FL) Police Department has reportedly died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
April 30, 2020
Officer Conrad Buckley with the Clermont (FL) Police Department has reportedly died from COVID-19, also known as Coronavirus.
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New Orleans Police Announce End to "Informational Checkpoints"
The New Orleans Police Department has announced that it will discontinue performing what it called "informational checkpoints" at which officers were trying to "verbally provide information regarding the current stay-at-home order in place within Orleans Parish due to the current COVID-19 public health crisis.
April 30, 2020
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NYPD Ordered by Mayor to Disperse Crowds at Funeral of Rabbi
"My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed. I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups. This is about stopping this disease and saving lives. Period," the Mayor wrote.
April 29, 2020
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