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Officer Jordan Duncan says he was fired from the Lodi Police Department in California when he questioned the state’s coronavirus stay-at-home order, according to his wife and a GoFundMe page set up to help him.

Duncan is the son of Jon Duncan, a pastor in Lodi who has defied the state’s stay-at-home order, saying it’s a violation of freedom of religion.

“This is my son. He is a good and honorable man. He took a stand for what was right, refused to close businesses, and would not rob people of their livelihoods or freedom. When no one else was brave, he was,” Jon Duncan wrote on his Facebook page.
A GoFundMe page was established by Jenny Miller to help Jordan Duncan. As of May 13, it had raised more than $26,000. “Officer Jordan Duncan was recently fired from the Lodi Police Department in California for questioning and ultimately refusing to enforce the COVID19 stay-at-home order,” it reads.

According to CBS13, Duncan worked for the police department for four months and city officials stopped short of saying he was fired but confirmed “an April separation date” and pointed to a “recent ruling which calls the stay-at-home order ‘lawful,’” saying police officers can’t pick which laws to enforce.

The television station reported that a car parked in Duncan’s driveway bore “Reopen letters” on it. Heavy has reached out to the Lodi police chief and both Duncans for comment.

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