Harahan police chief, assistant police chief both have COVID-19

by: Travers Mackel, Reporter

Posted: Nov 18, 2020 / 12:07 PM CST / Updated: Nov 18, 2020 / 12:07 PM CST

FILE – This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. (NIAID-RML via AP, File)

HARAHAN, La. (WDSU) — The Harahan Police Department’s top leaders are at home recovering from the coronavirus.

Police Chief Tim Walker and Assistant Chief Bryan St. Cyr tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a department spokesperson.

That same spokesperson said the entire staff has been tested, which includes all officers, staffers and jailers.

Everyone else in the department has, so far, tested negative.

Walker and St. Cyr are quarantining at their homes following all safety protocols.

Both are reported to have mild symptoms.