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Old 08-12-2020, 02:29 PM
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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.

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Old 08-12-2020, 02:40 PM
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Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods sent an email Tuesday informing the approximately 900 people working in the department that "when you are on-duty/working as my employee and representing my Office – masks will not be worn,"

He went on to say...."effective immediately, any individual walking in to any one of our lobbies (which includes the main office and all district offices) that is wearing a mask will be asked to remove it."

By the way, Marion County, with a population of about 370,000, has had nearly 6,800 confirmed coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, with 104 deaths. Marion reported a single-day record of 13 deaths on Tuesday.

Link to full article: Florida Sheriff Orders Deputies And Staff Not To Wear Face Masks : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

And then there's this, 43 sheriff's office employees — including several patrol officers — and more than 200 inmates at the Marion County Jail have tested positive for coronavirus.
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Old 08-12-2020, 02:41 PM
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What is wrong with this man?
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Key word there is elected, and we can fix that!
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Makes perfect sense for their safetey. Don't like it? Don't go there.
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I read this too and thought "WHAT???"

totally bad timing too, right on the heels of 13 Marion County residents dying in one day
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Makes perfect sense for their safetey. Don't like it? Don't go there.

please explain further how it makes sense so that we understand your insight on this
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please explain further how it makes sense so that we understand your insight on this
Because there is a war on cops these days. You think the rioters and looters are wearing masks to protect them from covid? No, they are wearing them to hide their identity. People walking into a law enforcement building with a mask on present a threat.
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Read about this earlier today and shocking.
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Not a thing!!!
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Because there is a war on cops these days. You think the rioters and looters are wearing masks to protect them from covid? No, they are wearing them to hide their identity. People walking into a law enforcement building with a mask on present a threat.
Explain how uniformed officers who work in that office, who the Sheriff knows personally and would recognize with or without a mask on, presents a safety threat by wearing a mask at work.

In fact - explain why Sheriff Billy-Bob-Jimbo isn't able to have masks ordered and customized with the employee's actual NAME embroidered on it, to further provide identification for employees wearing masks in the workplace.
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Old 08-12-2020, 03:22 PM
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It's sheriff Billy Woods.

He has prohibited his deputies from wearing masks while on duty. In addition he has prohibited employees who work in the sheriffs office from wearing masks.


Marion County deputies ordered not to wear masks - News - Ocala.com - Ocala, FL
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And we wonder why the state of Florida is one of the leading states in the US with covid. Apparently this sheriff hasn't been watching the news for the past 6 months. Nice to know that this man cares about his employees and the public.
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Makes perfect sense for their safetey. Don't like it? Don't go there.
Sounds like the Sheriff is on an ego and power trip. Deputies/Sheriff wearing a mask is not about them but it’s all about the people they come in contact with on a daily basis. You can bet many of his Deputies don’t agree with this policy but are “forced” to go along with his dumb policy and attitude.
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Old 08-12-2020, 04:10 PM
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How novel this would be. From 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to the local Sheriff Andy and Barney. Einstein was right again. "Stupidity has no boundaries."
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