{"id":3870,"date":"2021-03-03T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policecommissioner.net\/making-police-wait-for-leftover-jabs-is-outrageous\/"},"modified":"2021-03-03T17:00:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T17:00:21","slug":"making-police-wait-for-leftover-jabs-is-outrageous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/policecommissioner.net\/making-police-wait-for-leftover-jabs-is-outrageous\/","title":{"rendered":"Making police wait for leftover jabs is outrageous"},"content":{"rendered":"

How could they have got it so wrong?<\/p>\n

Last week the Health Secretary dashed the hopes of frontline officers when he decided they would get no priority in vaccine rollout<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Worse than that, they wouldn\u2019t even be getting the left overs!<\/p>\n

Damaging for moral<\/h3>\n

The Chair of the Police Federation was swift in his response calling it \u201cA deep and damaging betrayal that will not be forgotten\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Strong words indeed, but should the police be treated differently?<\/p>\n

Well, they are Crown Servants who daily put themselves in harm\u2019s way.<\/p>\n

When we run from danger they run towards it – to protect us. So, if we don\u2019t support and protect them<\/em>, who will?<\/p>\n

But its not just the police<\/h3>\n

Other public servants also have a case. We need teachers in the class rooms in the same way we need officers on the beat. How do you think they feel when told, \u2018get in line\u2019.<\/p>\n

Undervalued would be my guess.<\/p>\n

Leadership<\/h3>\n

I don\u2019t blame the joint committee on vaccination and immunisation, they provided scientific data for others to make the decisions, but rest assured when furlough and lockdown ends and the partying starts and unemployment rises we\u2019re all going to need the police.<\/p>\n

How we\\’ve supported our staff<\/h3>\n

The Chief Constable has done his bit.<\/p>\n

Officers have paper masks and higher grade ones when they know they are going into Covid danger.<\/p>\n

But more often than not they have little or no warning when they\u2019re spat at, coughed over or punched on patrol and that\u2019s even before you consider the difficulties in the cells when some of those detained are exhibiting symptoms.<\/p>\n

Badly handled<\/h3>\n

The police never asked to go before other high risk groups and would have declined anyway.\u00a0 But how do you think they feel when told by London, \u2018you\u2019re not a priority and, by the way, you can\u2019t even have the leftovers\u2019.<\/p>\n

When I first called for excess vaccine to be given to frontline police I was told there wasn\u2019t any \u2013 there was.<\/p>\n

Even the Association of PCCs we\\’re slow to act<\/h3>\n

When I asked the Board of the Association of Police & Crime Commissioners, of which I am Vice Chair, to lobby for a national protocol it was vetoed by a minority.<\/p>\n

To say the least I was angry.<\/p>\n

A local arrangement<\/h3>\n

Thankfully Gloucestershire is better than this and common sense has prevailed.<\/p>\n

Arrangements are now in place that has seen dozens of officers being called at the end of the day to receive vaccine that would otherwise have been wasted or randomly handed out. Rightly so.<\/p>\n

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