3 LAPD Employees Fired Over Vaccine Mandate, 7 Pending
March 8, 2022 | California
Three Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) employees have been fired for violating the city’s mandate to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or receive a religious or medical exemption, LAPD Assistant Chief Dominic Choi told the Police Commission Tuesday.
Seven other employees are pending termination proceedings, and a total of 14 personnel—13 sworn and one civilian—have been found to not be in compliance with the vaccination mandate, Choi said.
About 83 percent of the department is fully vaccinated, 0.4 percent is partially vaccinated, and 16.2 percent is not vaccinated. More than 2,000 exemptions are pending. Medical exemptions are available to people who tested positive for COVID-19 recently, as those individuals get a 90-day exemption…. (Excerpt from the Epoch Times)