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Mar 2020

2 More LAPD Employees Positive, Department Now Has 24 COVID-19 Cases

Lt. Jay Hom, helps assemble kits consisting of an N95 mask, work gloves, and nitrile gloves, as he and other LAPD personnel assemble personal safety kits for field officers to protect themselves from exposure to the Coronavirus, at Piper Technical Center on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Two more Los Angeles Police Department employees tested positive for the Coronavirus, authorities said Saturday. That brings the total to 24, according to Los Angeles Emergency Operations Center spokeswoman Jessica Kellogg. In addition,...

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Mar 2020

Number of coronavirus infected LAPD officers grows to 15

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)

An additional six employees of the Los Angeles Police Department have tested positive for the novel coronavirus this week, bringing the number of cases within the agency up to 15 as of Thursday, March 26. Two of the latest cases of COVID-...

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Mar 2020

LAPD Reacts To String Of COVID-19 Cases

The Los Angeles Police Department's Metropolitan Detention Center is located in downtown LA. (Andrew Cullen for LAist)

Nine Los Angeles Police Department employees have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Monday, the department reported this afternoon. According to a department statement, 8 are sworn officers and one is a civilian. "All of these individuals...

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Mar 2020

LAPD expected to cancel vacations, work 12-hour shifts to combat coronavirus

Los Angeles police Lt. Jay Hom helps assemble kits consisting of an N95 mask, work gloves and nitrile gloves on March 11 for field officers to protect themselves from the coronavirus.(Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)

The Los Angeles Police Department is expected to switch to 12-hour shifts for its officers in the coming weeks and cancel all vacations as a way to staff up in response to the coronavirus outbreak, a law enforcement source told the L.A....