Dec 16, 2020
How COVID-19 Continues to Impact Law Enforcement
The fight against COVID-19 is an ongoing battle that sees many frontline workers being exposed to the dreaded illness. While we have covered many stories on the ravages of the pandemic from a socioeconomic perspective, the stories of officers at the forefront of this effort have seldom been told. What we do know is that there are over three hundred men and women from the Belize Police Department that are out sick and their absence from active duty has placed a strain on the human resources output of the department. Tonight, we begin with a look at the recovery of two well-known officers and what the department is doing to address the outbreak within its ranks. News Five’s Isani Cayetano reports.