Survey shows most law enforcement officers hesitant to get vaccine January 11, 2021 at 10:45 PM EST - Updated January 11 at 11:20 PM
Law enforcement officers are considered to be some of the most at-risk to be exposed to COVID-19, but records show law enforcement officers and staff in our area are not rushing to get the vaccine.
The Florida Sheriffs Association asked law enforcement agencies to survey their employees to see how many would be interested in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, gauging how many doses they should prepare to provide.
Currently, only law enforcement officers who are older than 65-year-old are eligible for the vaccine. Survey results show many do not want the vaccine or want to wait at least six months to a year.
Devan Patel, Naples Daily News
Published
11:21 am UTC Feb. 6, 2021
Devan Patel, Naples Daily News
Published
11:21 am UTC Feb. 6, 2021
This story was updated on Feb. 5, 2021, to reflect that while former FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey’s name was on a letter stating why a Florida agency declined to punish an officer who was forced out at the Sunny Isles Police Department in 2006, the letter was sent by the then-chairman of the Probable Cause Panel of the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission.
Joseph Floyd turned Florida’s Crestview Police Department into a criminal enterprise, the judge said at his 2013 sentencing, but his willingness to break the rules didn’t start there.
Devan Patel, Naples Daily News
Published
11:21 am UTC Feb. 6, 2021
Devan Patel, Naples Daily News
Published
11:21 am UTC Feb. 6, 2021
This story was updated on Feb. 5, 2021, to reflect that while former FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey’s name was on a letter stating why a Florida agency declined to punish an officer who was forced out at the Sunny Isles Police Department in 2006, the letter was sent by the then-chairman of the Probable Cause Panel of the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission.
Joseph Floyd turned Florida’s Crestview Police Department into a criminal enterprise, the judge said at his 2013 sentencing, but his willingness to break the rules didn’t start there.