Covington police, fire and city employees locked out of computer systems after hack "Currently we are locked out of all computer and phone systems including Police, Fire, Public Works, Finance, and access to all e-mail," city officials said. Author: Chris McCrory (WWL) Updated: 5:21 PM CST March 11, 2021 COVINGTON, La. — The city of Covington has lost access to all local government computer systems because of a hack, locking police, fire, public works and other city employees out of their infrastructure. The hack was reported on the city's Facebook page Thursday morning. "Currently we are locked out of all computer and phone systems including Police, Fire, Public Works, Finance, and access to all e-mail," city officials said in the post.