Three Arizona police officers die of COVID-19 in one week

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As Arizona's COVID-19 cases continue to climb, the law enforcement community in the state is reeling following the deaths of three officers in less than a week. All three officers served their communities for decades.

34% of the roughly 4,000 Phoenix Police Department employees have reported to the city that they
are vaccinated.
A city spokesperson says that 21% of the (PPD) employees have been infected with the virus.

Vaccine hesitancy is not unique to police — other first responders in Arizona are also expressing hesitancy about the vaccine.
Phoenix firefighters and paramedics have an even lower reported vaccination rate, with
just 31% telling the city they had gotten shots.
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office estimates that 37% of their deputies are vaccinated and reports 25% have already had the virus.

According to the Officer Down Memorial Page,
198 officers have died in the line of duty across the country in 2021. Of those deaths,
COVID-19 is the leading cause, claiming the lives of 96 officers.

https://www.10news.com/news/national/coronavirus/three-arizona-police-officers-die-of-covid-19-in-one-week

[secondwind]

1. What a tragedy. So much of this could have been prevented.

And they STILL RESIST.

[Bluethroughu]

2. This why in Tennessee the officers didn't do anything

To those people threatening and chasing the doctor. We need better education for first responders, our lives depend on it.

[we can do it]

3. Better screening for police / fire. Stop hiring idiots.

[mopinko]

4. even in chi, the cops have been bad about masks.

i was a witness to a car accident late last summer. i had vid of the people fleeing.
i asked a cop to put a mask on. he wouldnt, so i walked a few feet away. he told another witness- that lady has video, but she's refusing to cooperate.
then a man asked him to mask up, and he did.

we had a 'guidance' from the state that employees had to wear masks at work, but it had no teeth. i found this out from said cop.

[orwell]

5. I work with some of these people in CA...

...for the most part they have never taken Covid seriously.

They are mostly RePubeLieCon and it is the macho thing to shrug off the risk.

It really is amazing how tribal behavior works...