Coronavirus Impact: Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina Urges Public To Stay Home After 6 Officers Test Positive For COVID-19
MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Six police officers at the Miami Police Department have tested positive for COVID-19 and 125 others are now in quarantine.
Chief Jorge Colina took to Twitter, to make a plea that the public stay home. A move he says could save officers' lives.
A plea to the public by Chief Colina #staysafe #publicservant #covid ???? pic.twitter.com/ysK6wv8BBl
— Miami PD (@MiamiPD) April 7, 2020
Two South Florida deputies have lost their lives to the coronavirus.
Deputy Shannon Bennett of the Broward Sheriff's Office and sergeant Jose Diaz Ayala of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Department. Both were in their 30s.
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