Some public safety agencies won’t say if workers have coronavirus

They make close-quarter arrests in a time of social distancing. They rush those sickened with the coronavirus to the hospital. They are responsible for guarding inmates in jails with covid-19 outbreaks.

Police officers, firefighters, sheriff’s deputies and corrections officers are on the front lines of the pandemic. Many public safety agencies, including police and fire departments in the District, have announced when their members become ill. But others have taken the opposite stance regarding the number of covid-19 cases within their ranks: silence.