Committing crimes. As the crisis continues some Police Departments are seeing employees get sick. Two new York City Police officials diagnosed. A manhattan precinct was forced to bring in reinforcements after an officer tested positive and about 30 others called in sick according to the associated press. It appears to be impacting arrests. In Los Angeles County the average number of arrests has lessened from 300 to 60 per day. And here in philadelphia the police have adopted an unprecedented strategy, the philadelphia enquirer obtained a memo outlining changes to arrest procedures. Individuals who would normally be arrested for offenses including narcotics, retail theft, burglary and vandalism will be released after temporarily being detained for the length of time necessary to confirm their identity. Arresting officers will now issue an arrest warrant that will be served, quote, at a later time. If an officer believes the offender is a threat to public safety, a different course of ac