Employees at PBCSO headquarters protest claiming asbestos health issues
First responders and others who work inside the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office headquarters in West Palm Beach spent hours protesting along Gun Club Road on Thursday.
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Updated: 7:29 PM EDT May 27, 2021
Employees at PBCSO headquarters protest claiming asbestos health issues
First responders and others who work inside the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office headquarters in West Palm Beach spent hours protesting along Gun Club Road on Thursday.
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Updated: 7:29 PM EDT May 27, 2021
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JOSSIE: DOZENS OF FIT RESPONDERS AND OTHERS WHO WORK HERE SPENTUR OS PROTESTING BITE ALONG GUN CLUB ROAD TODAY. THEY SAY THEY FEAR THEIR HEALTH AIST RISK. >> I START GETTING AN ITYCH CHEST, AN ITCHY BACK, I GET BUMPS ON MY CHEST, I’VE BEEN TO THE DERMATOLOGIST AND NOBODY KNOWWHY.S JOSSIE: THESE ARE JUST SE OFOM THE HEALTH ISSUES SOME EMPLOYEES WORKING AT THE PALM BEACH COTYUN SHERRIF’S OFFICE HEADQUARTERS CLAIM THEY ARE HAVG.IN >> THEY KN TEWHAT HAD ASBESTOS AND THEY STILL LEFT DISPATCHERS, OUR AIU, OUR REAL TIME CMERI CENTER IN THERE, AND SOME COMMAND STF.AF JOSSIE: THE COMPLAINTS COMING AS A TWO-YEAR RENOVATION PROJECT TO THE BUILDING IS UNDERWAY, SPARKING PROTESTS, DEMANDING SOTHMEING BE DONE. >>THMEING BE DONE. THE LAST FOUR YRSEA I’VE BEEN WORKING IN THAT BUILDING, I HAVE NO HADT ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE THAT. >> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THE COUNTY TO DO? >> JUST FIX IT. TO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. JOSSIE: LEADERS WITH THE PMAL BEACH COUNTY POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION SAY THERE’S ALSO BEEN ISSUES WITH MOLD IN THE PAST. >> I’M ASKING FOR THEM TO MEOV THEM OUT OF ERE.TH SAFETY FIRST, C’MON, PEOPLE, T'L’S GET WITH IT. JOSSIE: THE FACILITIES DIRECRTO FOR THE COUNTY RELEASED A STATEMENT WRITING IN PART, INITIAL MOLD REMEDIATION OF THE AREATHS AT WILL REMAIN OCCUPIED DURING CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED LAST MON.TH ADDING, THE ASBESTOS ABATEMENT PROCESS AT THE PBSO HEADQUARRSTE BUILDING HAS PROCEEDED AS RPE APPLICABLE REGULATIONS AND HAS BEEN MONITORED BY THE COUNTY’ ASBESTOS CONSULTANT PARTNER. WE’RE TOLD MULTIPLE PEOPLE PLAN TOIL FE WORKERS COMP CLAIMS NEXT WEEK. REPORTING FROM WEST PALM B