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Last week, after a judge upheld Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for state employees, a police union claimed in a statement that “dozens” of troopers had already submitted their resignation paperwork in response to the requirement.
“To date, dozens of troopers have already submitted their resignation paperwork, some of whom plan to return to other departments offering reasonable alternatives such as mask wearing and regular testing,” the State Police Association of Massachusetts said in a statement. “The State Police are already critically short staffed and acknowledged this by the unprecedented moves which took troopers from specialty units that investigate homicides, terrorism, computer crimes, arsons, gangs, narcotics, and human trafficking, and returned them to uniformed patrol.”
By Monday, the police union’s claim had become a headline for Fox News.
However, as of Tuesday, only one state trooper had actually resigned, according to a report from the Boston Globe.
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