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With the number of new police recruits shrinking, police departments in the suburbs and statewide have turned to lateral transfers - luring veteran officers from other agencies - to fill their ranks.
COVID-19 has killed more law enforcement officers the past two years than all other causes combined, but police unions and suburban police departments remain largely opposed to vaccine requirements.
Posted5/7/2021 5:20 AM The deadliest threat facing law enforcement officers across the country over the past year hasn't been armed criminals, high-speed pursuits or reckless drivers crashing into patrol vehicles. It's been COVID-19. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page, 297 officers -- including nine in Illinois -- have died after contracting the virus as a result of their duties. That's nearly 200 more than all other causes combined over the same time frame. But despite those sobering statistics, police officers nationwide have been slow to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a...