More than a dozen people, including some of Florida's top law enforcement officials, have tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the Florida Sheriff's Association Conference last month in Bonita Springs.
The Naples Daily News reports Department of Corrections Secretary Mark Inch and six Florida sheriffs who attended the conference reported testing positive, though its still unclear precisely where they contracted the coronavirus.
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri became the seventh Florida sheriff who attended the conference to announce a positive COVID test last Saturday.
Two more sheriffs who attended the conference, Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter and St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara, confirmed positive coronavirus tests last Friday.
A Florida Sheriffs Association spokeswoman says at least four staffers who worked the conference have since tested positive as well.
A Lee County Sheriff's Office staffer who attended the event has tested positive as well.
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