What it feels like to be a NYPD officer during the COVID-19 pandemic

One of the first who needs testing for the presence of coronavirus today is the police. After all, it is they who monitor the order on the street and guarantee security for citizens. About how officers survive NYPD in the context of the coronavirus epidemic, do they have the necessary remedies, the video says Fox News.

If we talk about testing for the presence of coronavirus, then one of the first New Yorkers in need of this is the police. Blue Lives Matter founder Joseph Imperatrice talked about the effects of coronavirus on NYPD and how New York City police maintain order during the epidemic.

When asked whether the police received enough protective equipment, such as masks and gloves, necessary for safe work, he answered in the affirmative.

Imperatriz also noted that the epidemic is gaining momentum, and it is difficult to predict what will happen next. Especially when a pandemic swept almost the entire world overnight. “You really can't predict anything about this. It's hard, ”he added.

The founder of Blue Lives Matter also talked about how the police will act in the quarantine in the future. According to him, they will rather fulfill the role of guardian angels, protecting New Yorkers from the problems and difficulties associated with non-compliance with security measures. “It reminds me of Hurricane Sandy a couple of years ago, when the officers seemed to be focusing on detention,” he said.

He also noted that one of the tasks of the police under quarantine will be to ensure that people on the streets do not gather in groups - for their own safety. “I think the mayor (New York Mayor Bill de Blasio - Ed.) Talked about something similar yesterday.”

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It is also important to warn people who are on the street without special need that it is unsafe. However, this does not mean that officers are going to make arrests, Emperatris emphasized.

Today, New York looks like a scene from the movie "I am a legend": no one is on the streets. It seems that people listened to the calls of the authorities and remain at home, and the children actually switched to distance learning, the source concluded.

Recall that today, always lively New York is almost empty due to quarantine imposed in connection with the coronavirus pandemic. About how local people survive in such conditions, we wrote in this material.

Blue lives matter - The American counter-movement advocating that those accused of killing police officers be prosecuted for hate crimes.

It was founded as a response to the Black Lives Matter movement after the assassination of police officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu in Brooklyn on December 20, 2014.