Around 90% of San Diego Police Officers Oppose COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

Joshua Caplan

Approximately 90 percent of San Diego police officers expressed opposition to coronavirus vaccine mandates, while 65 percent of officer stated that they would mull resigning from the force if the city imposed such requirement, according to a survey.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports:

About 45 percent said they would rather be fired than comply with a mandate, according to the survey, which was conducted in the past week by the San Diego Police Officers Association.

According to the union, 733 members — about 38 percent of the officers the association represents — responded to the survey. Less than 1 percent of the officers who took the survey said they had no stance on vaccine mandates; 8 percent said they were undecided as to whether they would quit if the city required vaccines and 23 percent said they were undecided about whether they would rather be fired than comply with a mandate.