50 Chicago Police Staffers Test Positive For Coronavirus As Hundreds More Call In Sick – Block Club Chicago

But the department has plans for the higher-than-average number of people who have had to stay at home. A spokesman said, “We have a layered Emergency Operations plan that centers around maintaining critical staffing levels. Even with the increase in sick leave, it is lower than what it was this weekend and we have not yet had to implement any significant changes to maintain neighborhood patrols."