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Mayor's office says no vaccine mandate exemption for the Seattle Police Department. A bit melodramatically, the police guild is warning of a "mass exodus." Was enough to get Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler to cave.

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David Kroman

@KromanDavid

Sep 8, 2021

I was talking with Mayor Durkan's Chief of Staff this morning and asked about this. She dismissed this as a possibility in Seattle. twitter.com/Rjaellis/statu…

The Urbanist

@UrbanistOrg

While saying she won't exempt police officers from her vaccine mandate, Mayor Durkan bizarrely wouldn't say she would fire cops who refuse the Covid vaccine. Without consequences is it really a mandate? #Covid19 #VaccineMandate

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Seattle’s Mayor still refuses to say whether unvaccinated officers will be fired

Despite Seattle police officers being under a mandate to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Mayor Jenny Durkan has mysteriously refused to commit to firing unvaccinated officers after the Oct. 18 deadline.

4:57 PM · Sep 12, 2021

Mandates without consequences is the second most Seattle thing, after allowing cars to drive on Pike Place.

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