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Only 42% Of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputies Vaccinated Despite Month-Old Mandate, While LAPD Rate Is 85%

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Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva revealed today that only 42.8% of his department’s sworn deputies have been vaccinated against the virus that causes Covid-19.

Countywide, 72% of eligible residents aged 12 and over are fully vaccinated.The rest of the LASD’s roughly 16,000 employees, made up of professional civilian staff, have a vaccination rate of 67.2%.

And this is in the face of a policy mandated by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors — whose rules and ordinances the LASD is supposed to enforce.By contrast, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said today 1,357 department employees had not submitted their vaccination status as of Friday, most of them from the ranks of sworn officers, of which there are 9,473.

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