This vaccine mandate seems to be one step too far.
Seattle, which already has problems with finding enough police officers, is about to lose 40% of its entire police force.
What will become of the city if this happens?
What will happen to the morale of the remaining officers when they are faced with massive overtime and minimal back-up in a SHTF situation?
Honestly I just don't understand the world today.
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Seattle, which already has problems with finding enough police officers, is about to lose 40% of its entire police force.
What will become of the city if this happens?
What will happen to the morale of the remaining officers when they are faced with massive overtime and minimal back-up in a SHTF situation?
Honestly I just don't understand the world today.
The article is much longer, please follow the link if you want more info --> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...fire-400-cops-October-18-fail-vaccinated.html
Seattle prepares to fire up to 400 cops by October 18 if they fail to get vaccinated
Seattle's police department is preparing to fire up to 400 officers who have not yet had their Covid shot in line with the city's strict vaccine mandate - despite already suffering staff shortages, rising crime rates and high 911 response times.
The Seattle Police Department has an October 18 deadline for all sworn personnel to turn in proof of COVID-19 vaccinations or risk losing their jobs.
As of Friday, 292 officers have yet to turn in proof of vaccination - or 27 percent of the department's 1,080 deployable police officers.
Another 111 officers - ten percent of the deployable officers - are waiting on exemption requests to be approved.
If all 403 officers are let go on October 18, the police force will lose 37 per cent of its officers - a crippling blow for an already under-resourced department.
Police Chief Adrian Diaz has already warned officers to prepare for a 'Stage 3 Mobilization' from October 13 - an emergency plan which would put all remaining officers on standby to respond to 911 calls.
The Seattle Police Department looks over a population of more than 724,000 people.
Staffing at the department is already at lows not seen since the 1980s.
In July, it was revealed that the department had already lost at least 280 officers since the start of 2020 due to what they called an 'anti-police climate' in the city amid Black Lives Matter protests and calls to defund the police.
