Last Updated on September 15, 2022 by CCAR Staff
Police Increase Health Order Enforcement Methods to Gain Further Compliance
Release Date: 2020-04-10
Long Beach, CA – The Long Beach Police Department is increasing enforcement methods to help ensure community safety. Most Long Beach residents are adhering to the “Safer at Home” Health Order designed to help stop the spread of COVID-19; however, some individuals continue to violate these orders.
“People are required to remain home except to travel to essential businesses or to engage in essential activities, provided that physical distancing requirements are practiced,” said Mayor Robert Garcia. “It’s that simple. If you continue to violate these Health Orders, you are putting the community at risk and you can be cited to gain compliance.”
The spread of COVID-19 poses a substantial danger to public health within the City of Long Beach. Police will make every effort to use a common-sense approach that stresses education and warnings over enforcement to gain voluntary compliance of the “Safer at Home” Orders. Any business that continues to violate the Order is subject to civil and administrative penalties. Violation of the Social Distancing Order is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1000, or by imprisonment for a term of not more than 90 days, or by both under California Health and Safety Code Section 120295 et seq.
Read the full City Press Release
Police Increase Health Order Enforcement Methods to Gain Further Compliance
Release Date: 2020-04-10
Long Beach, CA – The Long Beach Police Department is increasing enforcement methods to help ensure community safety. Most Long Beach residents are adhering to the “Safer at Home” Health Order designed to help stop the spread of COVID-19; however, some individuals continue to violate these orders.
“People are required to remain home except to travel to essential businesses or to engage in essential activities, provided that physical distancing requirements are practiced,” said Mayor Robert Garcia. “It’s that simple. If you continue to violate these Health Orders, you are putting the community at risk and you can be cited to gain compliance.”
The spread of COVID-19 poses a substantial danger to public health within the City of Long Beach. Police will make every effort to use a common-sense approach that stresses education and warnings over enforcement to gain voluntary compliance of the “Safer at Home” Orders. Any business that continues to violate the Order is subject to civil and administrative penalties. Violation of the Social Distancing Order is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1000, or by imprisonment for a term of not more than 90 days, or by both under California Health and Safety Code Section 120295 et seq.
Read the full City Press Release
2020-04-10
Content retrieved from: https://www.longbeach.gov/police/news/covid-19-enforcement-of-health-order/.
