When Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood started feeling sick on Monday, Feb. 1, he brushed it aside as a sinus infection.

The mild fever, muscle ache and minor congestion that he noticed for two days seemed more like a sinus infection than anything to worry about, and by Wednesday, he felt better.

He attended a training that day with the department’s four full-time officers, where he wore a mask and kept his distance, he said.

On the advice of the Ouray County Public Health Agency, he was tested the ne...