Twelve members of the Massachusetts State Police who’re unvaccinated towards COVID-19 have been fired Friday.
The division gave few particulars, however confirmed the terminations of 11 troopers and a sergeant to NBC10 Boston.
Patrick McNamara, president of the State Police Affiliation of Massachusetts, claimed the firings have been a “hypocritical” transfer by Gov. Charlie Baker.
“As a part of a Friday evening information dump, he has simply terminated at the least 12 Troopers attributable to his vaccine mandate. No appeals. No due course of,” McNamara mentioned in a press release.
NBC10 Boston reached out to the governor’s workplace Friday, nevertheless it deferred inquiries to the state police.
The Baker administration introduced final August that govt department workers, together with Massachusetts State Police, would have to be vaccinated towards COVID-19.
On the mandate’s Oct. 17 deadline, McNamara’s union — which had tried and failed to stop the order from taking impact — mentioned at least 150 had both turned of their badges or begun the method of resigning.
The division disputed that classification. On the time, Massachusetts State Police mentioned 85-90% of its members had been vaccinated.
