Three Vancouver Police Department officers have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past two weeks, marking the first cases of the virus within the agency since it started taking precautions against the pandemic in March.
According to Clark County Public Health, there were initially two confirmed cases at the police department’s east precinct.
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