Dear COBA Members; Earlier tonight, "Smashburger" located at 4097 Jericho Tpke in East Northport donated 3 dozen Burgers with Tater Tots to the Jail as dinner for our Officers working the 4-12 shift in Plt 5. This was done courtesy of the girlfriend of retired Platoon...

April 19, 2020

Dear COBA Members; In recent days COBA was notified by some of our members that they were being notified of the results of their COVID-19 testing by the Dept and not by their Healthcare Provider. This obviously raises concerns about HIPAA Regulations and the Right to Privacy of Protected...

April 17, 2020

Dear COBA Members; Today COBA conducted our first Platoon Barbeque out of the Jail's on site Union office in the A-Bldg Moat. Today was Plt 4's turn for "Go Bags of BBQ". It was a little chilly and windy but there was a great turnout with a lot of smiling faces as well...

April 17, 2020

Dear COBA Members; In last night's email, along with thanking Attorney Steven Isaacs for his generous donation of supplies, I also thanked the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation for their generous donation to our members. Although they would probably object to...

April 16, 2020

Dear COBA Members; COBA has received two generous donations of much needed N95 masks for our Members. 1.) Steve Isaacs our Labor Attorney from Koehler and Isaacs donated 200 N95 masks and 12 gallons of hand sanitizer for us. We used these masks primarily for our members who...

April 16, 2020

Dear COBA Members; During this time of crisis, COBA wanted to ease the burden of our members a little by delivering food to our Officers who are working under such trying conditions. As such, last week we delivered lunch to Platoon 4 on one of their day tours. Moving forward, we...

April 15, 2020

Dear COBA Members; Today, the Department posted the following flow chart to the in-house Intranet. It shows what to do and when, should you become symptomatic of COVID-19. For your reference.

April 14, 2020

COBA Membership, I want to start off by thanking all of you for your dedication and professionalism during these difficult and uncertain times. With regard to those members who have tested positive for COVID-19 we sincerely hope, if you have not done so already, that you fully recover...

April 13, 2020

Dear COBA Members; I previously reported to you that a new type of COVID-19 testing will be made available at NUMC. This new test is supposed to yield results in approximately 15 minutes. I also advised that those test kits were not here yet but will be made available shortly...

April 11, 2020

We are approaching the one-month mark since the County declared a State of Emergency, however it feels like an eternity. The County, the Country along with the rest of the world has been fighting this horrific pandemic...

April 9, 2020