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In the shadows
New police force in America: More hospitals are creating private departments, raising concerns about secrecy and abuse
Public can t see crime data, arrest figures, discipline records
John Diedrich, Raquel Rutledge and Daphne Chen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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5:53 pm UTC Jan. 13, 2021
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An Indiana University Health police vehicle sits outside IU Health hospital in Indianapolis last month.
Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
There is a new kind of police force emerging in America. At first glance it is familiar: Officers carry guns, can make arrests and generally cannot be prosecuted for on-duty actions.
But unlike typical police forces, these departments operate largely in secrecy. They don t have to tell the public much about their operations, and there is no public board looking over their shoulder.
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Once each vial of vaccine is thawed and diluted with a saline solution, the FDA says it must be stored between 35 and 77 degrees Fahrenheit and used within 6 hours. Author: Bob Segall Updated: 9:27 PM EST December 14, 2020
INDIANAPOLIS Millions of doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine are now being shipped across the country, and the vaccine must be stored at around 90 degrees below zero (F), which is colder than a winter day in Antarctica.
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Demoralized health workers struggle as virus numbers surge
Marion Renault
The Associated Press
Doctors and nurses around the U.S. are becoming exhausted and demoralized as they struggle to cope with a record-breaking surge of COVID-19 patients that is overwhelming hospitals and prompting governors to clamp back down to contain the virus.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday banned indoor dining in New York City, saying he had been waiting in vain for hospitalization rates to stabilize. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf did the same on Thursday and also suspended school sports and closed gyms, theaters and casinos.
A record of more than 107,000 people were in the hospital in the U.S. with COVID-19 as of Thursday, according to the COVID Tracking Project. More than 290,000 Americans have died of the virus.
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