Non-essential businesses violating the coronavirus stay-at-home order can expect enforcement to pick up, law enforcement and public health officials said.

The news came in a statement issued Thursday by the Wichita Police Department in conjunction with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office, Sedgwick County Health Department and Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office. The warning to businesses follows reports of alleged violations being filed by people in the community.

Law enforcement officials said educating businesses on the stay-at-home order “has been largely successful.”

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