In combination, these declines
raise questions regarding the
needs of the public being met
to the same standard they were
prior to COVID-19.
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New types of enforcement actions
relating to face covering
orders, shelter in place orders,
and policing newly-designated
essential and non-essential businesses
are among the roles that
were absent before this health
crisis.
In so doing, law enforcement has
been placed in an unenviable
role of having to enforce pandemic-related
rules that are opposed
by some vocal constituencies.
Interestingly, while facial covering
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(For well over 100 consecutive nights to date, Portland protesters have faced off in often vi-
olent clashes with local police, and more recently, federal agents. Courtesy of CBC News and
YouTube. Posted Jul 26, 2020.)
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