There Go the US Police Down the Covid Drain! By Charles Taylor (Florida)
This will get serious and is one of the kick-on effects of the Covid plandemic. In the US, not but it seems in the more compliant Australia, police are resisting the Covid vax mandates and are refusing to disclose their vaccination status. This will mean possible sackings in the future, with some major US cities, especially those with high crime rates now, losing up to one third of its police. These people cannot be simply replaced by illegal migrants flooding over the border; drug cartel members might be able to help a bit, being at least as corrupt as many police! It is more likely thought that the police shortage will just go along the lines of the original conspiracy to defund police anyway. It will be a bonanza for criminals as every city becomes like the mythical Gotham city of Batman, ruled by Bane-like warlords, with no Batman. Get out of the cities if you want to live!
https://alphanews.org/vaccine-mandates-decimating-police-forces-across-u-s/
“As crime rates surge, so are vaccine mandates — and resistance by police to those mandates.
That means major cities across the United States risk losing one-third or more of their police forces, hesitant about getting the COVID-19 shot.
In Chicago, more than 4,500 employees of the Chicago Police Department — about one-third of both officers and civilian employees — refused to disclose their vaccine status. Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the city’s Fraternal Order of Police are in a political standoff.
Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara said last week, “It’s safe to say that the city of Chicago will have a police force at 50% or less for this weekend coming up.”
A real disruption also soon could hit Los Angeles, where the city’s vaccine mandate deadline is in December. Last month, employees of the Los Angeles Police Department filed a federal lawsuit opposing the city’s vaccine mandate.
Likewise, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva told The Associated Press earlier this month, “I don’t want to be in a position to lose 5[%], 10% of my workforce overnight.” He added that he won’t enforce the county-level mandate.
“It’s impossible to know how long this potentially lasts. We could see extreme shortages,” Jason Johnson, a former deputy commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department, now president of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund, told The Daily Signal. “Are cities going to enforce this mandate? There is greater risk to public safety by enforcing the mandate than not enforcing the mandate.”
Two-thirds of Baltimore Police Department employees got at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, below the Maryland state average of 85%, Baltimore’s WJZ-TV reported. Those numbers are similar to Chicago’s.
Baltimore police union leader Sgt. Mike Mancuso wrote to members: “Until the city responds to our right to bargain these issues, or the courts intervene, I suggest you do nothing in regard to revealing your vaccination status, as it is outlined in the city’s policy.”
National Public Radio reported that more than 230 police officers across the United States have died from COVID-19 so far in 2021, which is more than four times as many deaths as by gunfire. In 2020, the coronavirus killed nearly 250 officers nationally.
At least 150 Massachusetts State Police officers resigned ahead of the state’s vaccine mandate, NPR reported. Eighty-five percent of the State Police officers are vaccinated.
The Washington State Patrol has objected to the state mandate there, and on Monday, lost 53 civil servants, along with 74 commissioned officers — 67 troopers, six sergeants, and one captain, The Seattle Times reported. That came after a viral final sign-off on Friday from one Washington state trooper, who told Washington Gov. Jay Inslee what he thought of the mandate in no uncertain terms.
Meanwhile, the Seattle Police Department lost more than 300 officers, USA Today reported. Tuesday was the deadline for Seattle municipal government employees to comply with the vaccine mandate. Seattle Police Officers Guild President Mike Solan said he anticipates another “mass exodus.”
Oregon State Police troopers sued to stop or delay the mandate, but lost in state court on Oct. 7.
“This is more than just police officers,” said Johnson, the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund president. “We are seeing this among firefighters and teachers. These mandates were not well thought through.”
Police employees reached a deal with the city of Milwaukee last week that requires police union members to be vaccinated or wear face coverings while on duty, except when eating and drinking, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
Police unions are likely open to negotiating a face-saving measure for mayors who don’t want to be seen as admitting to a poor policy, Johnson said.
“This should provide more incentives to get vaccinated, not impose mandates,” he said. “There can be adjustments to make for officers hesitant to get vaccinated. If they have natural immunity, they can be exempt. If they don’t have natural immunity, they could have the option of wearing a mask. They could be put on limited duty.”
Mayors and other municipal officials will have to reconsider a policy that leads to a massive loss of police officers, said John Malcolm, director of the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)
“I would be more worried about murderers, rapists, and drug dealers acting with impunity than I would about a couple of police officers transmitting the virus,” Malcolm told The Daily Signal. “I don’t know why these officers are refusing to get the vaccine. Presumably, they have a good reason. But any policy that leads to mass firings of police has to be fixed.”
https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-10-28-police-officers-across-us-resist-vaccine-mandates.html
In New York, the same Covid problem faces fire fighters. I imagine that the entire city might at some point burn down if a blaze gets out of control. Same thing with ambulances, so New York is going to become like the apocalyptic movie, Escape from New York.
“The FDNY is preparing to shutter as many as 20 percent of all Big Apple fire companies — and take an equal portion of its ambulances off the streets — ahead of the impending deadline for all city workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
On Wednesday, the FDNY said just 65 percent of its firefighters, fire officers and EMS workers had been vaccinated despite Mayor Bill de Blasio’s order that all city workers receive at least one dose or face suspension without pay on Monday.
“The Department must manage the unfortunate fact that a portion of our workforce has refused to comply with a vaccine mandate for all city employees,” Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said in a statement later Wednesday.
“We will use all means at our disposal, including mandatory overtime, mutual aid from other EMS providers and significant changes to the schedules of our members,” Nigro continued. “We will ensure the continuity of operations and safety of all those we have sworn oaths to serve.”
The commissioner didn’t assess the likely result of the potential moves, but one FDNY firefighter offered a grim prediction: “People will die in this city.”
Last week, de Blasio announced a 5 p.m. Friday deadline, but that’s only to receive $500 in incentive pay for getting a shot — which gives hesitant workers one last weekend of wiggle room to reconsider before being taken off the payroll.
The widespread resistance by firefighters “is going to take about 40 percent of us out” and could lead to response times of “seven minutes or more,” an FDNY member suggested.
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea tweeted Wednesday evening that 75 percent of the NYPD had been vaccinated
But that includes just 63 percent of street cops, with 37 percent — around 6,000 officers — still unvaccinated, sources said.
One Manhattan cop said the expected results of benching patrol officers for ignoring the vaccine mandate were predictable.
“It’s an easy formula: Less cops equal more crime,” the source said.”
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