{"id":1319642,"date":"2020-04-26T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=995965"},"modified":"2020-04-26T20:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:20:00","slug":"covid-diaries-a-trusted-source-in-their-own-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/covid-diaries-a-trusted-source-in-their-own-language\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Diaries: A trusted source in their own language"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"54.344036697248\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/COLabRiflePD2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/COLabRiflePD2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/COLabRiflePD2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/COLabRiflePD2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/COLabRiflePD2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/COLabRiflePD2-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Rifle Police Sgt. Carlos Cornejo in Rifle. Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent<\/strong><br \/><em>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: This is one of three vignettes highlighting individual Garfield County residents as part of the statewide COVID Diaries project.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rifle Police Sgt. Carlos Cornejo paced the halls of the station with a stack of paperwork that needed to be done.<\/p>\n<p>Dressed from head to toe in dark blue, Cornejo paused for a moment as he monitored the radio traffic through the earpiece he wears.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the sworn duties of all law enforcement officers, Cornejo supervised on-duty patrol officers and handled administrative work during his 12-hour shift April 16.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row gspi-donation gspi-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With the COVID-19 pandemic taking hold of the small Western Slope community, Cornejo\u2019s duties continue to evolve as he prepares his officers for the frontline each day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a patrol supervisor and there has been a lot of information that comes down that I have to give out to my officers, and the information keeps changing constantly. In the morning this is what we are doing, in the afternoon this is not what we are doing. The next day it is different,\u201d Cornejo said.<\/p>\n<p>With a goal to provide Rifle\u2019s Spanish-speaking community with vital information, Cornejo spent the early afternoon putting the finishing touches on informational videos in Spanish he worked on with the city.<\/p>\n<p>As a voice for local law enforcement, Cornejo provides content on social media for Spanish-speaking residents so they can stay informed and safe.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/figure>\n<p>But it\u2019s not all office work, even in the midst of a global pandemic. Toward the end of his shift, Cornejo responded to back up his fellow officers at a late-night domestic violence call involving a combative suspect. Cornejo and the officers on scene successfully de-escalated the situation. Afterward, Cornejo reflected on the call and spoke about his greatest worry right now \u2014 not getting sick himself, but getting his family sick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Law enforcement officers) come to work and we are at risk for something. What concerns me is my children \u2014 am I going to give something that is going to hurt them,\u201d Cornejo said.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:kmills@postindependent.com\">kmills@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.307370184255\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 gspi-4 pl-4\" readability=\"19.171717171717\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p>Readers around Glenwood Springs and Garfield County make the Post Independent\u2019s work possible. Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now more than ever, your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally. Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <button class=\"btn\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickBelow()\">Donate<\/button><\/div>\n<p> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/covid-diaries-a-trusted-source-in-their-own-language\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rifle Police Sgt. Carlos Cornejo in Rifle. Kyle Mills \/ Post IndependentChelsea Self \/ Post Independent Editor\u2019s note: This is one of three vignettes highlighting individual Garfield County residents as part of the statewide COVID Diaries project. Rifle Police Sgt. Carlos Cornejo paced the halls of the station with a stack of paperwork that needed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1319642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-30 22:39:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1319642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1319642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}