The LAPD reports that over 80 of its employees have tested positive for Covid in the past week, nearly doubling its cases from the previous week as the department's vaccination rate still hovers below 50%.
Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesThe Los Angeles Police Department said over 80 of its employees have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past week, nearly doubling its case numbers from the previous week as its vaccination rate hovers below 50 percent.The data from the department show that the overall weekly numbers have doubled as the vaccination rate within the police department remains around 47 percent, according to NBC Los Angeles.
"There is a large group of us, in the hundreds, and we have an attorney on retainer, and he is a shark,"Fire officials warned of a"devastating impact on public safety" if"even a small percentage" of firefighters were forced out because of their refusal to be vaccinated.Police Chief Michel Moore did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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