Seattle police union blasts ‘gross mismanagement’ after vaccine mandate deadline: 'public safety crisis'
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Seattle’s police union fired back against the city’s “media blitz” on Monday’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate deadline, arguing the department’s “gross mismanagement” in barring some 100 officers granted medical and religious exemptions from continuing to serve will result in an “untenable public safety crisis.”
City officials had warned that failure to upload vaccination verifications by Monday will lead to separation from city employment, which the union argued "means more losses of police jobs and an alarming escalation in crime."
"SPOG members want to continue to show up tomorrow to serve our community. These terrific human beings want to be the ones who answer the 911 calls for help," Mike Solan, president of the union representing some 1,000 Seattle police personnel, said in a statement. "SPOG has requested the City of Seattle follow other large American cities, such as San Jose, Chicago and Milwaukee as they have allowed reasonable accommodations for their police officers through masking and testing."