
More Than 1,750 CPD Officers Won’t Have to Get Vaccinated
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About 14% of the Chicago Police Department has received COVID vaccine exemptions.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration exempted more than 1,750 members of the Chicago Police Department from the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and has not moved to terminate a single police officer for failing to comply with the order in the more than two months since the final deadline passed, officials told WTTW News.
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More Than 1,750 CPD Officers Won’t Have to Get Vaccinated
Clip: 6/20/2022 | 2m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration exempted more than 1,750 members of the Chicago Police Department from the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and has not moved to terminate a single police officer for failing to comply with the order in the more than two months since the final deadline passed, officials told WTTW News.
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