Starting on April 14, the Boone County Sheriff\u2019s Office began mandatory COVID-19 testing for all BCSO employees, to be conducted approximately every two weeks. Within the twelve bi-weekly tests so far, 1521 total tests were conducted, having resulted in one positive test on April 30, one on July 8, one on September 10, and now two on September 22. Both employees are from the Communications Division.<\/p>\n

Upon receiving the results on September 24th, the employees were immediately quarantined at home, and will remain isolated for a period of two weeks. The employees will then submit to two more tests before returning to work. Both tests, at least 24-hours apart, must have a negative result before the employees return to work.<\/p>\n

BCSO continues to follow suggested guidelines, provided to us by local, state, and federal health authorities.<\/p>\n

Sheriff MIke Nielsen issued the following statement, “As the Governor moves the State of Indiana into Stage 5 beginning tomorrow, the mandatory testing and procedures that the BCSO has adopted early on will become even more critical to mitigate the spread of this deadly virus to our staff, their families, the inmates, and to the public. We believe that we will see an increased spread of this virus as the state slowly opens up so we will remain vigilant and continue to seek the advice of local, state, and federal authorities while at the same time maintaining our policies and procedures in every division at the Sheriff\u2019s Office.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"