Dallas FBI office sees drop in street crimes, but spike in cybercrimes due to COVID-19
FBI agents are trying not to become virus victims while fighting crime. Now, some of what they are fighting is because of the coronavirus.
DALLAS - Like all of law enforcement, the Dallas FBI is battling the same invisible enemy as the rest of us: COVID-19 in its building and on the street.
Agents are trying not to become virus victims while fighting crime. Now, some of what they are fighting is because of the coronavirus.
Matt Desarno was named special-agent-in-charge of the Dallas FBI Field Office. May 13 will be his one-year anniversary at his position. He’s now facing a new enemy the is definitely not most wanted.
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And like the rest of society touched by COVID-19, two agents and a civilian employee have been infected. All are now out of hospitals and recovered. The agency is adapting.
“We've got alternate work schedules,” Desarno said. “We're using telework where we can. We're clearly social distancing. We're paying a lot of attention to hand hygiene and social interaction.”
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But it’s not always possible.
Sunday's DART bus hijacking brought police, deputies, Texas Rangers and FBI all close together and only a few masks.
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“Unfortunately, we cannot always maintain six feet of distance all the time,” Desarno said. “And we cannot always do things on our time and on our schedule.”
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