'Currently, 442 uniformed members and 70 civilian members tested positive for the Coronavirus,' the NYPD said in a Friday statement.
More than 500 officers of the New York Police Department have tested positive for coronavirus in addition to the 4,111 officers taking sick leave, according to the NYPD.
"I think this is unprecedented times," NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea told CBS News on Friday."We've been through some difficult times before. I think the safety of the members of the NYPD is really first and foremost, them and their families, but that quickly extends out to 8.6 million people." "Mr. Dickson was a revered member of the custodial staff at Police Headquarters once spending 17 days at the headquarters building during Super Storm Sandy assisting with emergency cleanup operations," Shea said in a Thursday statement.
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