to covid in the last year? reporter: yeah, steph, you re absolutely right and we were talking over 700 police officers that lost their lives to covid since the pandemic began. but the police union president believes the city does not have the author to require police officers to report their vaccination status. so he s telling them not to reply or to comply with the mayor s mandate. as you said, that deadline is looming. it is tonight for all city employees to either report their vaccination status or to pay for byweekly covid tests out of their pocket. now, of course, this creates a completely different situation for police officers who can t just go on leave, because that would create an incredibly vulnerable situation for residents here in chicago, as crime is surging here. but the police union president says that thousands of officers are to not report to work tomorrow if this mandate is