National President Patrick Yoes and Executive Director Jim Pasco joined other state and local law enforcement leaders on a conference call, hosted by top officials with the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and included officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and White House staff, to discuss officer safety issues posed by the coronavirus pandemic. National President Yoes forcefully made a case for the immediate distribution of vital personal protective equipment (PPE) to law enforcement officers on the front lines of the pandemic response. He also insisted that law enforcement officers who contract the virus be presumed to have done so in the line of duty assuring that they would be eligible for any benefits administered by the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP).