As workers performing an essential service, Winnipeg’s police officers are regularly interacting with the public during the coronavirus pandemic — putting them at greater risk.
According to the president of the Winnipeg Police Association, however, both the Winnipeg Police Service — as well as the individual officers themselves — have been proactive in staying safe, resulting in no known infected members of the police service to date. “The service has actually been very good for providing the appropriate personal protection equipment,” Moe Sabourin told 680 CJOB. “They’ve gone to great lengths to notify the membership of having good hygiene, washing your hands, wiping your cruiser car inside… “It’s a very unprecedented situation that we’re