10,000 Cops, Huh?

Despite self-serving threats of thousands of officers leaving the force, only 34 NYPD officers have been placed on unpaid leave for refusing a vaccine.

It's almost as if , when the rubber meets the road, the police officers chose a job with decent pay that lets them bully people over their batsh%$ insane antivax "beliefs".

One wonders how much of the opposition to vaccination was about actual health concerns, and how much was a bit of political posturing.

Lots of integrity there, huh?

The heads of the five major unions representing members of the New York City Police Department warned that 10,000 unvaccinated police officers were “set to be pulled from [the] streets” as a Nov. 1 vaccine mandate deadline for New York City employees passed.

So far, the number is 34.

Fewer than three dozen uniformed officers out of about 35,000 were placed on unpaid leave on Monday when the deadline expired, in addition to 40 civilian NYPD staff out of roughly 17,000, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said in a news conference.

Many more await a decision from the city on their requests for religious or medical exemptions, Shea said. In total, 85 percent of NYPD staff are vaccinated, he added.

There were no major disruptions to city services as a result of the vaccine mandate coming into force, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said during the same news conference.

About 9,000 city employees overall were placed on leave-without-pay status on Nov. 1, out of a workforce of more than 300,000, while roughly 12,000 had applied for a religious or medical exemption to vaccination and were waiting for a response from the city, de Blasio added.

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Under New York rules, all municipal employees had to prove they received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine by Oct. 29 at 5 p.m. or apply for an exemption on medical or religious grounds by Oct. 27. On Nov. 1, those who were not in compliance with the policy and who had not applied for an exemption were expected to be placed on leave without pay. They could be disciplined and ultimately lose their job under the state’s Civil Service Law, although the exact timeline depends on the department and existing agreements with employees and their unions.

If 10,000 officers had left, it would have been good for the NYPD and good for the people of New York City.

Also, it's nice that the cop unions had this blow up in their face.