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Policing the Plague
Title (Dublin Core)
Policing the Plague
Description (Dublin Core)
This is a photograph of myself that I took just prior to the service of a search warrant on March 21st 2020 in Salinas, California. The state of California was the first to issue a statewide lock down order due to COVID-19 and had done so just the day before on March 20th. Officers in my department were required to don our gas masks for the service of search warrants and other specific activities at this time due to concerns of contacting the virus. These specific gas masks are issued to be used in environments in which CS or CN gas is introduced. They are also designed to be effective in nuclear fallout and are subsequently extreme overkill in regards to protection against COVID-19 and additionally utterly unpractical for officers whom work 40 plus hours a week. The requirement to wear these masks was very short lived as we soon downgraded to surgical masks and cloth masks. Nonetheless, this exemplifies the fear that has surrounded COVID-19, especially in the early days of the pandemic, and the often drastic reactions we as a society have had in response.
Date (Dublin Core)
March 21, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Jeffrey Arensdorf
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Jeffrey Arensdorf
Type (Dublin Core)
Photograph, taken personally
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Government State
English
Social Distance
English
Technology
English
Health & Wellness
English
Science
English
Social Issues
English
Business & Industry
English
Government Local
English
Crime
English
Emotion
English
Labor
English
Cities & Suburbs
English
Public Health & Hospitals
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
police
precaution
mask
gas mask
CBRNE
filter
cop
law enforcement
fear
contamination
biologic
threat
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
police
Salinas
California
masks
Collection (Dublin Core)
English
Law Enforcement
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
10/16/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
10/18/2020
03/10/2021
Date Created (Dublin Core)
03/21/2020
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This item was submitted on October 16, 2020 by Jeffrey Arensdorf using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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