Seventeen recruits at a Los Angeles Police Department training center have tested positive for COVID-19, an LAPD commander said Thursday.
The positive cases consist of nine police officer recruits and eight jailer trainees at the Ahmanson Recruit Training Center in Westchester, according to LAPD Cmdr. Ruby Flores.
One staff member also tested positive, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Further information was not immediately available from the LAPD, but Flores told the Los Angeles Times the center was virus-free until April 18.
Classes were suspended to allow the recruits to recover, and Flores told The Times they “will resume in a week when everyone has their test results.”