LA County Sheriff’s Department set to lose 4K employees for vaccine noncompliance

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is pushing back ahead of a vote that could cost the department 4,000 employees who have yet to comply with COVID-19 vaccination rules.

“These are the same law enforcement professionals, fire professionals, medical & health care professionals, mental health professionals, and others who we called HERO’s just a short time ago,” the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department posted on Twitter Monday. “Call the Board meeting tomorrow to share your public safety concerns and stop this social experimentation!”

At issue is a vote being held by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to terminate the employment of 18,000 employees who have not complied with COVID-19 vaccination requirements, 4,000 of which belong to the Sheriff’s Department.

Los Angles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has been a vocal critic of the county’s vaccine mandate, arguing that the termination of so many Sheriff’s Department employees would be a threat to public safety.

Over 3,000 of the 4,000 department employees who face termination are sworn deputies, a reality the Sheriff’s department said “would be detrimental to the safety of residents of Los Angeles County.” – READ MORE