LAPD Coronavirus Cases Triple; Third Largest City Police Force In USA Still Behind NYPD Infections

With more than 536 confirmed cases of the coronavirus currently in Los Angeles County, the LAPD has seen a big jump in infections in recent days. Reporting a trio of cases as recently as March 21, …

as March 21,

“All of these individuals are now quarantined at home and recovering,” said a LAPD spokesperson in a statement on Monday evening. “The Department has strict protocols for any employee who experiences symptoms of the virus,” the statement added.” They are instructed to go home and their workspaces are sanitized.

While nowhere near yet the triple digit numbers that the NYPD are suffering from the pandemic, the LAPD is one of the hardest hit police departments in the country so far. Staffed with nearly 10,000 officers and a civilian staff of around 3,000, the LAPD is the third largest municipal cop shop in America after New York City and Chicago.

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