A "pleasing" amount of Western region police are now vaccinated against COVID-19, according to Assistant Commissioner Brett Greentree.
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In September NSW Police announced they would make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for all its employees with force members required to be fully vaccinated by November.
In a statement, corporate services Deputy Commissioner Karen Webb said the decision came following the escalation of case numbers in NSW and officers' role on the front line of the state's COVID-19 response.
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"We know that the delta strain of this virus poses a significant risk to police officers and staff. Each day, we ask our officers to front up and perform their vital policing functions in this extremely challenging environment," she said.
"The only way to face that risk is by ensuring that COVID vaccines are administered to all staff."
All police force members must have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by September 30, and must be fully vaccinated by November 30.
On Thursday, Assistant Commissioner Brett Greentree revealed a good proportion of the cops in the western region had been vaccinated.
"Across the Western region, the majority of police have had their first dose of vaccination and central west in particular, are looking at around three quarters fully vaccinated," he said.
"That's very pleasing, but again we are ensuring that we're pushing our police, because it is mandated by the commissioner and that's ongoing at the moment. It is pleasing thus far across the region."