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Escambia Sheriff’s Office Awarded $370,107 Federal COVID-19 Grant
June 13, 2020
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has received a U.S. Department of Justice grant to help them deal with the public safety challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19.
The $370,107 grant to the ESCO was announced Friday by Lawrence Keefe, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. The grants is being provided under the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program, authorized by recent stimulus legislation.
“Throughout the many weeks our district and the nation have been dealing with the threat of COVID-19, our public safety first responders have worked tirelessly to make sure members of the public are safe,” Keefe said. “The resources of local agencies have been stretched thin, and these grant funds will help ease the financial burden on public safety agencies so they can continue protecting and serving our citizens.”
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4 Responses to “Escambia Sheriff’s Office Awarded $370,107 Federal COVID-19 Grant”
@Thomas … The CDC only recommended – not mandated – the use of masks. The following was posted to the CDC website on 4/3/20:
“CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain…..” . This info can be verified at this link:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/cloth-face-cover.html
In the early stages of the “plandemic”, the use of masks and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) was more frequently used. As the more information was learned about this virus, so have the recommendation. The current use of cloth facial coverings is to limit the droplets being spread when coughing, sneezing, talking etc. It is one of the reason why the 6-foot distancing is highly recommended.
This article was in regards to the Sheriffs Office and the recouping of funds spent on PPE equipment. As far as the traffic accident, seldom, does the Sheriff Office respond, as this is the primary work of the Highway Patrol. Two totally separate entities who may have widely varying policies as to mandating the use of PPE by employees.
@Thomas why are you mad at the sheriffs office. Throughout the state of Florida there is an agreement with the Florida Highway Patrol that accidents outside of city limits will be handled by FHP. If there is serious injury and FHP or EMS feels the need for a quicker response they will contact the sheriff’s office for assistance. I feel that you need to direct your aggression and dissatisfaction with the proper agency. Also as far as the mask goes would you rather them take the time to put on a mask that has probably not been desanitized or replace after they did CPR on some one with COVID19 to assist your wife, because lets face it we both know that they are just as short if not shorter on having enough masks than the rest of the country? Or would you like the. To come to her aid and assist her in a timely manner. Was that not your initial complaint that it took them to long to get to her..
This is a joke, my wife was recently in a traffic accident, I made it there before law enforcement, they nor any first responders were wearing a mask at all during their contact with us.I thought this was a directive from the CDC.
It is very good to hear that our sheriffs department is getting funds to help. Living here in the Pensacola area, too many people think the virus is a joke, or that wearing a mask to protect not only yourself, but others, is too much of an inconvenience, or that they would look silly wearing a mask. I’m VERY glad our hard working officers are now protected!