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Oregon News
 
Carlton PD found a
creative way to bring some positivity to their community.
Chief
Kevin Martinez chose a green ribbon to put on the patrol cars' antennas
to represent optimism, healing, well-being, calm, safety, harmony,
freshness, life, and renewal. The green ribbon is a reminder that,
although we are in this crisis right now, there is reason for hope.
They are also displaying a teddy bear with a Green ribbon in the window
of their patrol cars.
Man
accused of trying to infect cop with COVID-19
The Oregonian
A
Deschutes County grand jury returned a five-count indictment Friday
against a 35-year-old man accused of trying to infect a Bend police
officer with the new coronavirus by “spitting, coughing and breathing”
at him.
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Salem
Police: Education comes first in enforcing stay-at-home orders amid
COVID-19 pandemic
Statesman
Journal
Police departments across the country are taking on a new role:
enforcing and educating the public on social distancing amid the
COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bella's
back! Honoring her father and collecting police patches one city at a
time
Badge Boys
Back in January, we sent out a request from Dean Goodding and Alan
Painter to send in an agency patch to give to Bella, 10 year-old
daughter of fallen Arizona DPS Officer Christopher Marano. In this
episode of Badge Boys, Bella joins them for an update. At the 14-minute
mark, she is given a box of patches from Oregon.
Click here
to listen.
National News
Patrolling
the beat while keeping a distance: Police officers face new rules,
rhythms amid pandemic
The Washington Post
Police
officers are handing criminal citations to people whom they once would
have taken to a cell. Officers might let a motorist slide through a
stop sign without pulling the driver over. Some calls they once sped to
are being handled by phone.
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Crime
Hasn’t Spiked During COVID-19 Outbreak – Yet
U.S.
News
AS THE COVID-19 CRISIS intensified in the U.S. in mid-March, police
departments from Ohio to Utah issued tongue-in-cheek pleas on social
media for criminals to take a break while their forces had time to
calibrate.
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More
than 1,000 New York City police officers have the coronavirus as 911
calls hit records
CNBC
More than 1,400 NYPD employees, including more than 1,000 officers,
have contracted COVID-19 as emergency calls in the city hit record
highs, the police chief said Wednesday.
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SPD
officers, already in harm’s way, negotiate virus challenges to protect
the vulnerable
Spokesman-Review
The man had been released from the hospital with nowhere to go, no
money, no wallet, no way to take the train home. His long list of
chronic medical problems – blindness, an amputated leg and diabetes
among them – made it impossible to get him into a shelter.
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