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The Los Angeles Police Department has some hard choices coming up. More than 2,600 employees with the LAPD are seeking religious exemptions for their mandated vaccinations.
An L.A. city ordinance required non-exempt employees to receive their first dose of the Moderna or Pfizer two-dose vaccine no later than Sept. 7, and their second dose no later than Oct. 5. Employees who chose to receive the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine would have to be inoculated by Oct. 5.
William Briggs, president of The Los Angeles Police Commission, told The Los Angeles Times that it is “extremely dubious” that so many have genuine reasons for requesting an exemption.
“I personally find it appalling that the personnel of a department charged with public safety would willfully, intentionally and brazenly endanger the lives of those who they have taken an oath to protect,” Briggs told The Times.
Firefighters have also spoken out about their vaccination reluctance.
An L.A. city ordinance required non-exempt employees to receive their first dose of the Moderna or Pfizer two-dose vaccine no later than Sept. 7, and their second dose no later than Oct. 5. Employees who chose to receive the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine would have to be inoculated by Oct. 5.
William Briggs, president of The Los Angeles Police Commission, told The Los Angeles Times that it is “extremely dubious” that so many have genuine reasons for requesting an exemption.
“I personally find it appalling that the personnel of a department charged with public safety would willfully, intentionally and brazenly endanger the lives of those who they have taken an oath to protect,” Briggs told The Times.
Firefighters have also spoken out about their vaccination reluctance.
- 9/30/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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