
In May 2020, when roughly one-third of all Pennsylvania businesses were closed due to the state's heavy-handed COVID restrictions, the state's attorney general encouraged residents to rat out their neighbors for breaking the rules.
"See a #COVID19 health and safety violation? Report it!" Josh Shapiro tweeted, along with instructions for how narcs could report such violations to local law enforcement, the state Department of Health, and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). "Following safety guidelines is how we'll get through this together," he added.