MENDOCINO Co., 3/16/20 — In an effort to control the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mendocino County, and to protect people in front line services such as law enforcement officers, and paramedics, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office is making some changes to patrol protocols.

The two biggest changes are that that they will be attempt to deal with non-emergency issues via the phone, and that they will ask, “additional screening questions of the reporting party to address and assess the general risk of COVID-19 exposure for responding personnel,” when responding to emergency calls.

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Adrian Fernandez Baumann is the managing editor of The Mendocino Voice and a founder. He lives in the Willits area and has a dog named Bravo.