Union sues NYC to stop unvaxxed NYPD detectives from being firedBy Priscilla DeGregory
May 31, 2022
A detectives union has filed suit against the city seeking to block the termination of unvaccinated detectives early next month saying it could exacerbate the current rise in crime.
The Detectives’ Endowment Association filed suit in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday seeking to block the city from firing on June 3 over 30 NYPD detectives who still haven’t gotten the COVID-19 jab.
The city set an Oct. 29 deadline for city employees to get vaccinated. Over 13,000 city workers have filed for exemptions including over 6,000 applications by cops, Gothamist reported.
By firing over 30 detectives, and a portion of the 600 detectives who still have religious and medical exemption requests pending, this “will eliminate approximately 10% of the rank dedicated and trained to combat and investigate the crimes that befall the citizenry of the city on almost a daily basis,” the suit alleges.
The suit claims that the June 3 round of firings follows on the heels of 38 unvaccinated detectives receiving termination letters last week.
“When the city needs detectives the most, in order to deal with and investigate the significant rise in crime, respondents, through the misguided justification of the mandate, seek to eliminate the best crime fighting force in the city,” the suit charges.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/05/31/union-sues-to-block-unvaxxed-nypd-detectives-from-being-fired/
