The state’s worker safety agency Tuesday recommended a $32,000 fine against the Santa Rosa Police Department, finding that the department failed to protect its employees from the coronavirus, which resulted in the death of a longtime police detective. Santa Rosa police detective Marylou Armer died March 31 after contracting the virus from another city employee, according to Cal/OSHA. She was the first California peace officer known to have died form COVID.
Marylou contracted COVID before the shut downs started, before protocols, before the seriousness was realized. Then Kaiser failed to give her treatment when she knew something was wrong with her.
While they were being fined, they were also being used as a model for safety protocol across the country.
Kaiser needs to be held accountable. Do not add insult to injury by punishing Santa Rosa Police after their terrible loss.