Santa Clara County deputies under scrutiny for mask-free party
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Tonight – the entire Bay Area goes under a mandatory stay at home order. Elissa Harrington reports
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday it is looking into photos posted on Facebook that show at least three of its correctional deputies at an indoor party last weekend with little to no mask wearing or social distancing and where partygoers shared a beer bong.
The photos surfaced as the county is seeing a sharp rise in COVID-19 infections in the general population and also among sheriff’s office staff and jail inmates.
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Dec 18, 2020
Bay Area deputies are under fire for being caught mask-less at a party.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff s Office says it s looking into photos posted on Facebook that show at least three of its correctional deputies at an indoor party last weekend with minimal mask wearing and no social distancing. The photos surfaced just as the Bay Area region was placed under the state s stay-at-home orders. The sheriff s office says it was not aware of the party and would review the event.
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