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Baltimore Police Southwest District temporarily closed after officer tests positive for coronavirus

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Baltimore Police Southwest District temporarily closed after officer tests positive for coronavirus
Baltimore Police Southwest District temporarily closed after officer tests positive for coronavirus

A Baltimore Police officer tested positive for coronavirus and now the southwest district is temporarily closed.

SEL━QUARANTINE.

ONE OFFICERTESTED POSITIVE FOR COVI━19IN THE SOUTHWEST DISTRICTBUILDING AND THAT WAS SHUTDOWN FOR CLEANING THISWEEKEND.

THAT LOCATION HASSINCE REOPENEDCACLEARED.

WMAR 2 NEWSDETLING EXPLAINS HOW THDEPARTMENT PLANS TO KEEP THECOMMUNITY SAFE WITH SO MANYOFFICERS OUT.PUBLIC SAFETY REMAINS BPDNUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

THEDEPARTMENT SAYS IT'REASSIGNING DIFFERENT UNITSMAINTAIN COVERAGEOFFICERS CONTINUE TO SEL━QUARANTINE.

13:2━28 It kindof has a little bit of adreary feeling to it with themnot being around and seeiall the movement.

THE VIBE INIRENE CAMPAGNABALTIMORE NEIGHBORHOOD IS OFF.HER NEIGHBORS ACROSS THESTREETWORKING OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTDISTRICT STATION BUILDING &ALL ORDERED TO SEL━QUARANTINE AFTER ONE OFFICTESTED POSITIVE FOR COVI━1910:2━36 Usually the street isbusy with police in and outall day long.

I watch themleave out of here all the timegoing out on calls and thalways endangering theirlives.

COVI━19 REMAINS ATHREAT TO FIRST RESPONDERS WHOCONSTANTLY INTERACT WITH THEPUBLIC.

SUNDAY THE BUILDINGWAS ORDERED TO BE SHUT DOWNFOR A DEEP CLEAN.

OFFICES,CRUISERS, ANY SPACE TOUCHEDHAD TO BE SANITIZED ANDDISINFECTED.

CAMPAGNA ANDNEIGHBORS SAW CREWS TAKING THETHREAT SERIOUSLY.

9:3━39.

Itwas pretty quiet for the mostpart.

A neighbor of mine hadtaken a picture of the guys inhazmat suits coming out andgetting the cars.

THE BUILDINGREOPENED EARLIER MONDAY.

ASFOR THE 133 OFFICERS AND 2CIVILIANS WHO WORK OUT OF THEBUILDING━ ALL HAVE BEENTESTED.

UNTIL THEIR RESULTSTESTED.

HEYIL THEIR RESULTSCOME BACKSTREETS.HELPING FILL THE GAPSARE OTHER UNITS WHICH HABEEN REASSIGNED.

MARYLANDSTATE POLICE EVEN TWEETINGWILL HELP OUT IF SERVICE ISREQUESTED.

DESPITE THE LACK OFOFFICERS, CAMPAGNA FEELS SAFEBUT STRESSES THE PUBLIC NEEDSTO BEHAVE AND STAY INSIDE.10:3━47 I donthe time for people to beacting stupid and doing thingsthey should be doing andcausing them more distress.AGAINRAPID TESTING FOR FOR ALL OFITDISTRICT.

ONCE CLEARED BYHEALTH OFFICIALS THEY CANRETURN TO WORK.

IN BALTIMORECITY, DAVE DETLING, WMAR 2NEWS.THE DEPARTMENT OF JUV

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