The National Guard?
By Robert Salonga
San Jose -Nearly 50 San Jose patrol officers have COVID infections, (click here) prompting the police department to ask officers from other divisions to fill in for them, with the police chief warning a department-wide redeployment could follow if the situation doesn’t improve.
Police officers were informed of the fill-in plan late Saturday night by Chief Anthony Mata in an email obtained by this news organization, outlining how patrols will have to be bolstered by voluntary overtime shifts at least through Sunday.
The police department on Tuesday disclosed that 52 officers are currently sidelined by COVID-19, for which omicron has become the dominant variant with three-fold infectiousness compared to previous incarnations, though it has produced less severe illness.
Of those infected officers, 45 are assigned to patrol. That has left the department hustling to meet its minimum patrol staffing level of 525 officers, which already accounts for nearly half of SJPD’s sworn staff....
Police officers were informed of the fill-in plan late Saturday night by Chief Anthony Mata in an email obtained by this news organization, outlining how patrols will have to be bolstered by voluntary overtime shifts at least through Sunday.
The police department on Tuesday disclosed that 52 officers are currently sidelined by COVID-19, for which omicron has become the dominant variant with three-fold infectiousness compared to previous incarnations, though it has produced less severe illness.
Of those infected officers, 45 are assigned to patrol. That has left the department hustling to meet its minimum patrol staffing level of 525 officers, which already accounts for nearly half of SJPD’s sworn staff....
