LAPD Supervisor Tests Positive for Coronavirus, First Case in Department

By City News Service • Published March 15, 2020 • Updated on March 15, 2020 at 8:35 pm

ent Nishimura/Getty Images File Photo: Lt. Jay Hom, helps assemble kits consisting of an N95 mask, work gloves, and nitrile gloves, as he and other LAPD personnel assemble personal safety kits for field officers to protect themselves from exposure to the Coronavirus, at Piper Technical Center on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The first case of COVID-19 in the Los Angeles Police Department was confirmed Sunday in one of its supervisors at Pacific Division, the department said.

The supervisor exhibited flu-like symptoms March 5, the LAPD said. The person was sent home and tested for COVID-19, which came back positive. He is improving and expects to make a full recovery, the LAPD said in a statement released Sunday.

No other personnel from the division have experienced symptoms or been isolated, Los Angeles police said.

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