Impact of COVID-19

• Presumptive Causation
• Hazardous Duty Pay
• FFCRA Paid Leave
• Budget Issues
• Are officers at risk when arresting citizens not in compliance with a state’s lockdown orders?
• Are state lockdown orders constitutional?
  • Gibbons v. Ogden
  • Jacobson v. Massachusetts
• No beard policies and face masks
  https://www.14news.com/2020/04/28/bearded-md-police-officers-paid-leave-due-cdc-guidelines/

Different Job Standards Possible For Older And Younger Officers, Melo v. City of Somerville, 2020 WL 1429578 (1st Cir. 2020).

Massive Boston PD Medical Fitness-For-Duty Case Allowed To Proceed, Lacroix v. Boston Police Department, 2020 WL 1877806 (D. Mass. 2020).