[psoccermom]

Originally Posted by davem4616

please explain further how it makes sense so that we understand your insight on this

If you read the article you would understand the statement that it makes sense. With the climate today of anti-cops he wants to be able to identify friend or foe. If someone comes into the sheriff's office wanting to do harm he wants to be able to identify them. Out on the road, when his officers give a command, he wants them to be understood the first time. As we all know, wearing a mask makes it hard to be heard. It makes perfect sense to me that he wants to protect his employees. I lived in Marion County for 35 years and can tell you this man is well loved for his common sense approach.

[dprincipal]

Insane. Follow the scientists.

[Green-Eyed Lady]

Originally Posted by shut the front door

Makes perfect sense for their safetey. Don't like it? Don't go there.

Masks do NOTHING to prevent the spread of the Chinese Flu. I say cheers to Sheriff Billy! Ignore the media, and think for yourself.

[GaryKoca]

And his comment that you can find an equal number of people who are against masks as those who are for masks is completely ridiculous. Just about ALL of the REAL medical experts say that wearing masks will save lives. End of discussion, Billy Woods.

[Get real]

Originally Posted by LoisR

"Stupidity has no boundaries."

Apparently...

[Green-Eyed Lady]

Originally Posted by Leadbone1

Wow, glad to hear that the sheriff has some common sense and doesn’t want to have all his employees looking like paranoid idiots. He realizes that none of these makeshift masks can stop a virus. Good for him. I don’t live in that county but I think I’ll call there and congratulate him for having some common sense!

Sheriff Billy should expect a huge amount of support from thinking people!

[meridian5850]

Everyone opposed to this seems to think that every person they encounter has this virus when in fact, 98%+ of the population does not. I'm more concerned with idiots in roundabouts making a left turn from the right lane without a signal in front of me to be honest.

[meridian5850]

Originally Posted by Nannyof3

I bet he’ll be the first one in line for the vaccine

I'll take that bet. How much? Name the amount. We'll have an escrow agent hold the money.

[nn0wheremann]

Originally Posted by wiltma

No Mask order. Sheriff Billy Woods In Marion County has issued a NO MASK order for all employees of the sheriff’s department and if you or I enter any of their offices you will be ordered to remove your mask. Please email or flood the sheriff with calls objecting to this. He is an elected official and should have our health and safety first before his own personal beliefs.

Vote the fool out of office.

[DonnaNi4os]

The insanity continues. I’m not quite sure why the no-mask mandate. Perhaps it is difficult for facial recognition?? Doesn’t seem to make sense to me but this is 2020, the year where nothing makes sense. So, my question is...if I need a member of the Marion County’s Sheriff department to respond to a medical emergency in my home, will they be wearing a mask? I sure hope the answer to that is a yes!

[Joyce952]

Originally Posted by wiltma

No Mask order. Sheriff Billy Woods In Marion County has issued a NO MASK order for all employees of the sheriff’s department and if you or I enter any of their offices you will be ordered to remove your mask. Please email or flood the sheriff with calls objecting to this. He is an elected official and should have our health and safety first before his own personal beliefs.

Do you have a number to call on this?

[dboyd29]

He’s got my vote! Masks don’t work.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Girlcopper

Their name embroidered on it?? This isnt sleep away camp where we write our names in our underwear. Geeez

Law enforcement agencies AND militiary organizations provide name patches for officer uniforms. That's not sleep-away camp. That's accountability. There's no reason why the same can't be done on the side of a mask.

If the concern is "the sheriff can't identify you if you're wearing a mask" then the obvious solution is to put your identity on the mask.

A police officer wearing his uniform, with a mask on that has a name that matches the patch on his uniform, coming out of an actual police car and approaching a vehicle whose driver has violated some kind of law - should be easily recognized as legit by the driver of that vehicle.

There's no reason why that officer shouldn't wear a mask.

And if they won't let them wear masks and insist it's an "identity" issue, then they can require clear face shields. Then there'd be no doubt that the person sitting in Lt. Clark's seat really is Lt. Clark.

This isn't rocket science. Even 3rd graders could come up with clever ways of keeping a face safe while allowing identification of that face to others.

[NewRealms]

Seems to me there is a lot of sense to this. They are law enforcement and hiding behind a mask deters their ability to serve. It takes common sense to stay away from someone who is hacking and sneezing. Use your common sense.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by matandch

Except when a maskless unknowing covid positive deputy stops you for a burned out tail light and spews virus at you.

Exactly, do you tell him respectfully please put on a mask before we start a conversation?