WSP announces 127 firings following vaccine mandate deadline
OLYMPIA, Wash. – More than 125 state troopers have been cut following Governor Jay Inslee’s mask mandate.
Washington State Patrol announced Tuesday morning it “separated” 127 people from employment who were not vaccinated by the Oct. 18 deadline. This included 53 civil servants and 74 officers. The officers include 67 troopers, six sergeants and one captain.
WSP said it has more than 2,200 people in eight districts and the firings are spread across the state.
“As for the more than 2,000 individuals who elected to stay with our agency, I am forever thankful. We have the responsibilities of the agency to carry forward and I am not going to ask you to do more with less. We shall do our very best to keep our remaining staff from becoming overburdened by these temporary losses,” WSP Chief Batiste said.
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