BREAKING: All Fulton residents ordered to stay home or face jail/fines to curb COVID-19
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An order posted to the Fulton County Board of Health website says “all residents of Fulton County are commanded to stay at their place of residence” with exceptions in order to curb COVID-19. Violators could face fines/jail time.Ok, neighbors. We need something light in our lives at this moment - what's one act of kindness or joy that you've experienced since all this all started? Anything - big, small, or just a picture of your pet really...let's spread some smiles today!
The coronavirus has interrupted all our lives - if you or someone you know needs help feeding their family please share with them this resource. The Atlanta Hawks have partnered with State Farm, City of Atlanta Government, and GoodrCo. to help provide food for those who need it during the ongoing crisis. You are not alone, there is help!
www.si.com/nba/hawks/news/hawks-partner-with-city-of-atlanta-to-fight-hunger-state-farm-goodr-cor...
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Executive Order creating a $7 million emergency fund to provide assistance to those impacted by COVID-19. The resources will fund child & senior food programs, homeless preparedness, small businesses & hourly wage earners:bit.ly/3bf4HPJ
A MESSAGE FROM APD ABOUT COVID-19: We keenly understand the need for police and first responders to remain healthy during a public health crisis. We have been monitoring the COVID-19 situation daily for several weeks now and making plans to adjust our operations, if and when that is needed.
At present, there has been no impact on our ability to respond to calls for service and no confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in our department.
However, we have a detailed contingency plan in place that assumes some of our personnel will either become sick or be required to quarantine. In that event, our primary mission will be to ensure that other personnel are redirected to ensure our ability to receive and respond to 9-1-1 calls is not impacted. Ensuring we have the ability to respond to crises and emergency calls for service will be our priority.
Our Contingency Operations Division is taking the lead on helping us stay informed of developments with regard to COVID-19. Commanders in COD are in close contact with the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Preparedness, The Mayor’s Pandemic Coordination team, as well as public health officials.
Our main focus has been on making sure our personnel remain healthy so that we may continue to serve the public with no disruptions. We are taking several steps to assist in containing the spread of the virus among officers and support staff.
• We have, since the virus hit the United States, been encouraging our officers to practice good hygiene – hand sanitizing and washing, coughing into tissues, minimizing handshakes and touching of the face and similar advice dispensed by the CDC and other medical professionals.
• We have suspended outside travel and training for the entire department as a precautionary measure, in order to reduce potential exposure to the virus.
• We are asking EMS personnel to carefully assess and evaluate medical calls to determine if police officers are needed to assist. If it is a situation that does not require a police officer, we will not respond.
• We are rescheduling and postponing our participation in certain public gatherings that are non-essential.
• We are working to ensure that our workspaces and patrol vehicles are properly sanitized.
• Our “non-essential” civilian personnel will be teleworking, at least through the end of March.
• All sworn personnel will continue to report to work.