The department, which operates in the most populous city in the state that has the third most COVID-19 cases in the country, has a total of over 500 officers quarantined and 114 civilians and officers test positive for the virus.
The chief is working and leading the department from at home and said police chiefs"aren’t invincible" and that they have to have a plan when they are down for the count.
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emergency truck is parked in front of the TCF Center as it is being converted by to a field hospital in Detroit on April 1, 2020. In order to put up with the triage of losing officers to testing positive for the virus or the mass number of officers quarantined, Craig deployed some of the department’s specialized units to the hardest hit precincts.Craig told ABC News that response times have been lower across the city, but that doesn’t mean policing doesn’t stop because the department has been hit hard by the virus.
He said the city has acquired a rapid COVD-19 test for first responders, so that way they can quickly test and get officers back into service.
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