Since coronavirus outbreak started, the NYPD has used at least 1.5 million surgical masks, 1.2 million gloves and 400,000 disinfectant wipes
Before the coronavirus pandemic, a trip to the New York Police Department’s quartermaster section promised all the excitement of a visit to Home Depot.
Officers in masks, wanting to memorialize the otherworldly atmosphere they now operate in, sometimes photograph one another after collecting their orders. Signs, tape and orange traffic cones remind them to keep their distance from the 39 people who work there.The trauma the pandemic has wrought on the city can be measured in the sheer volume of the items that have been distributed: 1.5 million surgical masks, 1.2 million gloves and 400,000 disinfectant wipes.
Syversen, 54, has been fielding calls from would-be entrepreneurs offering masks, gloves, disinfectant and other materials. He can recite the various pitches he receives — a friend or an uncle or a cousin is on the ground in China and can get materials to the department in a week.“We don’t pay upfront, so it’s: ‘Thank you very much, I’ll keep it mind,’” Syversen said.
So did a company that passed along a lead on how DuPont had an overrun on its Tyvek suits used to handle situations involving hazardous materials. “Everything was changing every day,” said Kristine Ryan, deputy commissioner of management and budget for the NYPD. “There was no playbook that said in this situation a person is going to wear 10 gloves. Or two gloves. You just don’t know.”
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