'Officers are scared out there': Coronavirus hits US police

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Increasing numbers of police officers and civilian law enforcement staff are getting sick as the number of coronavirus cases explodes across the U.S. The growing tally raises questions about how laws can and should be enforced during the pandemic.

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“I don’t think it’s too far to say that officers are scared out there,” said Sgt. Manny Ramirez, president of Fort Worth Police Officers Association. Police are accustomed to meeting staffing crunches by canceling vacations and leave, putting officers on 12-hour on, 12-hour off schedules and, when necessary, by shifting detectives and other specialized personnel to patrol.

In New York, which has rapidly become the American epicenter of the pandemic, more than 500 NYPD personnel have come down with COVID-19, including 442 officers, and the department’s head of counter-terrorism was hospitalized with symptoms. Two NYPD employees have died. On a single day this week, Friday, 4,111 uniformed officers called in sick, more than 10% of the force and more than three times the daily average.

Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, based in Washington, D.C., said police can’t just go out of business.

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' Officers are scared out there.' Isn't that the root of bullying?

Ask Trump; he seems to think he has all the answers 😳

They have to drive around in hazmat suits?

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Police in KS are out trying to catch people speeding.

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So.... are you suggesting we’re responsible for our own safety because the men with guns won’t be available even less than they already are? Huh....

Enforce them!! This is about life and death and we don’t want to stay stuck home any longer than we need too!

It's TRUE I keep running into super sick cops. I actually felt really bad for them.

People if you have not armed yourselves by now you probably deserve what's coming.

If one person would go ahead and arrest Trump, put him in jail holding for 72 hours, most of them could go home.

Guess I should get a gun to protect my family

lmao

OH BOI

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