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https://fopcovid19.org/news/covid-19-line-of-duty-deaths/
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cure posture with such individuals.
Tragically, for instance, in late
May 2020, 526 Chicago Police
Department officers tested positive
for COVID-19, 347 of whom
have recovered and returned to
work, while three of their colleagues
died.
The Fraternal Order of Police
reported that nationally 225police
officers have died in the
line of duty from COVID-19, including
ten in Illinois.
Personnel at police departments
of all sizes are at risk to pandemic
caused illness. Small
sized departments are notably
vulnerable if multiple members
fall ill, must be quarantined,
or pass away.
Eighty-three percent of police
noted they reduced public access
to their facilities. A similar
percentage lowered their use of
community policing activities.
Accordingly, community policing
services were lessened by
over 80 percent of the departments
surveyed.
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