Less than 65% of Chicago police have reported their vaccine status as city warns of possible termination for officers who don’t comply.....
Less than 65% of Chicago cops have met the city’s vaccination reporting requirement, days after Friday’s deadline for city workers to disclose their status.
About 72% of Chicago firefighters have met the requirement set by Mayor Lori Lightfoot as a condition of city workers’ employment.
But response rates remain comparably low for police and firefighters, an unsurprising development given the widespread opposition campaign mounted by Fraternal Order of Police local President John Catanzara before a judge ordered him to stop speaking publicly against the campaign.
Aside from police and fire, the next lowest response rate is for Family and Support Services, at 83%, though it’s artificially low because it technically counts non-city employees who work with the department. No other departments are under 90% compliance.
On Sunday, Chicago Police brass issued a memo that threatens those who do not comply with Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s COVID-19 vaccination policy with a disciplinary investigation that could result in the termination of officers who refuse to get the vaccine — but the agency’s largest police union, the Fraternal Order of Police, in its own memo to officers maintains the order is “invalid.”
The police memo, sent Sunday night by a member of Superintendent David Brown’s office staff, also threatens officers who might choose to retire rather than get the vaccine. It says: “sworn members who retire while under disciplinary investigations may be denied retirement credentials.”
According to a law enforcement source, the union also is urging members to turn on their body cameras and record the encounters, a call Chicago police union president John Catanzara has made before......snip~
Less than 65% of Chicago police have reported their vaccine status as city warns of possible termination for officers who don’t comply (msn.com)
Mayor BeetleJuice wants to see crime go up. Then she can blame Republicans. Less cops on the street. Were talking over a third of the city. What a dumb$#@!.