Entire Kemah Police Department is under quarantine after officer tests positive for COVID-19 KEMAH, Texas – The entire Kemah Police Department, which comprises of 12 officers, is under quarantine after one of its officers tested positive for COVID-19, officials say. Along with the 12 officers, Kemah Police Chief Walter Gant, five police dispatchers, Mayor Teri Gale and three city employees were also tested after the officer tested positive, according to Gale. The police department and Kemah City Hall have been temporarily closed. After learning about the infected officer Tuesday June 30th, the city has immediately ordered tests for all Kemah police staff and city hall employees who came in contact with the Two Kansas City officers shot in separate incidents KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — Two Kansas City, Missouri police officers were shot Thursday, leaving one fighting for his life. Around 10:30 a.m. near Independence and Hardesty Avenues, an officer and a RideKC bus driver were shot while they tried to stop a robbery suspect, who was also shot. Both the officer and bus driver are expected to be OK. Police said the officer was released from the hospital Thursday afternoon. Missouri Highway Patrol says the Ride KC driver witnessed “The suspect then turned towards volved, who is reported to be dead, the robbery, and then the suspect the driver, shot the driver. As the but are looking for others who may officer. iff Henry Trochesset said that boarded the bus. suspect left the bus, he was engaged in gunfire with other KCPD KCPD Chief Rick Smith spoke to have been involved. “As she was transporting occupants While officers remain quarantined, off-duty deputies were being of the bus, she notified the officers that arrived on scene,” Lowe reporters Thursday evening and said the Galveston County paid overtime and an extra dis- Kansas City Police Department of said. the officer is currently at Truman Sheriff’s Office will be providing patcher was brought in to handle what she’d observed,” said Missouri Officers shot the suspect, leaving Medical Center in surgery and is in protection for the city. Sher- calls for the city of Kemah. Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe. him critically injured. very critical condition. The driver, thinking on her toes, The officer shot is an 18-year veteran “We talk about the violence in took critical steps to keep everyone of KCPD. He, the bus driver and this town and we can see where on board safe. suspect haven’t been named yet as this is headed,” Smith said. “As we “She was under a tremendous Missouri Highway Patrol continues had to go and bring a mother to the amount of pressure, and for her to investigate. hospital today, her first words were to think quickly to not only notify The second officer-involved ‘I’m angry about all this violence in KCPD, but also decide to drive a shooting happened when officers this city.’ I hope, I plead that everyone little slower than normal to make were responding to a disturbance hears those words and we work sure officers were able to arrive on near 31st and Van Brunt around 4:30 10 times harder than we did today scene–that was extremely heroic on p.m. on a man waving a handgun on violence in this city.” her part,” Lowe said. around. Smith said this is not a time for A KCPD officer was able to climb The suspect ran when officers politics but a time for awareness onto the bus from the back entrance. arrived and shots were then fired and for people to understand the But that move caught the hurting one male officer who was situation officers face and how suspect’s attention. The suspect shot in the head. important it is as a city to face it pulled a gun, firing and hitting the The Missouri State Highway Patrol together and be realistic about the officer. believes there was only suspect in- expectations. 70 The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE 71
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