At the specific request of the FOP and following Executive Director Jim Pasco’s conference call on Saturday, April 4, Brian Dorow, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office for State and Local Law Enforcement (OSLLE), DHS; Dr. Alex L. Eastman, Senior Medical Officer—Operations, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and an active officer with the Dallas Police Department and a proud member of the FOP; and Lori Sims, Management Project Analyst with the OSLLE, developed a best practices guide entitled “COVID-19 Exposure and Risk Mitigation Best Practices for Law Enforcement.” 

These guidelines address the patchwork of approaches to handling officer exposure issues at the state and local level. Deputy Assistant Secretary Dorow and Dr. Eastman promised the FOP that they would work to develop and release model policies and best practices for local and state law enforcement and have delivered on that commitment and we greatly appreciate their efforts and their support for our men and women in the field. To view this information, please click here.