ANY South Yorkshire Police officers who contract the coronavirus or need to self isolate because someone in their household is ill will be supported by the Federation.<\/p>\n
Chairman Steve Kent said that the Federation is taking part in the force Gold Group meetings to help steer policies on assisting and supporting officers during isolation.<\/p>\n
The Gold Group has been preparing for the impact of the coronavirus for some time, and has drawn up contingency plans to plan for the impact of 10%, 30% or 50% of the workforce being ill.<\/p>\n
Steve said: \u201cWe have to make sure that officers are contacted as much as possible by their line managers and that procedures are followed in terms of isolation and making sure that they\u2019re OK.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you can imagine it\u2019s very difficult to follow 2,500 people, but when we\u2019ve got confirmed cases we need to link in with them so they\u2019ve got a point of contact, and then they can contact the Federation if there\u2019s anything that they need from us.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor example, I found out a couple of officers may have been exposed at an incident in Sheffield. We\u2019ve made contact with them and given them my details so they can get in touch if they\u2019ve got any specific concerns or develop symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n
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