Watertown P.D. managing its way through COVID-19 pandemic (Audio)
Photo by KWAT’s Mike Tanner
November 24, 2020
Mike Tanner
WATERTOWN, S.D.–One of the challenges for police departments this year has been keeping their officers healthy in the midst of the ongolng COVID-19 pandemic.
And it’s changed the way they operate.
Watertown Police Chief Lee McPeek (pictured)…
Officers try to limit close face-to-face contact as much as they can…
McPeek says the fear is that you get one infected officer, and it spreads from there…
McPeek says the Watertown P-D has been shorthanded a few officers at a time, but it has not created any major issues in terms of staffing.
