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Minneapolis won t mandate COVID-19 vaccines for police, fire But officials expect most employees will get the shots when available. December 23, 2020 7:56pm Text size Copy shortlink:
When their turn comes, Minneapolis first responders will not be required to take the COVID-19 vaccine before coming to work, officials said this week.
While the first shipments of the first vaccine only arrived in Minnesota earlier this month, police officers and firefighters are still likely weeks, if not months, away from receiving their doses. Whether they will choose to roll up their sleeves is another matter.
When the time comes, immunization will not be compulsory for MPD officers, said department spokesman John Elder, adding that he expects most officers will choose to be vaccinated.
Updated: Dec. 11, 10:56 a.m. | Posted: Dec. 10, 4:39 p.m.
A judge this week sentenced a Twin Cities man to 6 1/2 years in federal prison for setting fire to a Dakota County government building. Fornandous Cortez Henderson, 33, of Savage, Minn., was the first person to be sentenced for setting fires during the civil unrest that followed the police killing of George Floyd on Memorial Day.
According to court documents, Henderson and his alleged accomplice, Garrett Patrick Ziegler, 25, of Long Lake, Minn., set fire to the Dakota County Western Service Center in Apple Valley on May 29 using Molotov cocktails.
In his guilty plea, Henderson admitted that he set the fire because he’d made court appearances there on unrelated charges and because he was angry at law enforcement over Floyd’s death.