Top city cop Dermot Shea has made an impassioned personal plea to all city officers to get COVID-19 vaccinations, The Post has learned.
“In the past week, our NYPD family lost three more members to COVID-19, bringing to 60 the total number of our uniformed and civilian coworkers and friends taken by the pandemic,” Shea wrote in an e-mail Friday.
“This is an unthinkable tragedy, especially at a time when our city and nation are working so hard to escape the virus’ grip,” he said. “I implore each of you who is not vaccinated to please do so immediately. Do it for yourselves. Do it for your families. Do it for your colleagues and friends.”
The move marks the latest attempt by police brass to try to prevent the spread of the Delta variant among members and get NYPD workers’ immunization rate up.
The NYPD announced to its members Friday that new cops would need to be vaccinated to attend department graduations.
The mandate applies to anyone over the age of 12 who wants to attend the NYPD’s promotion ceremonies Aug. 24 at 1 Police Plaza Auditorium and Aug. 25 at the 121 Precinct Station, as well as the graduation ceremony for new recruits at the Police Academy on Aug. 26.
