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Trenton NJ, the state is undergoing a massive crime wave yet the Murphy Administration plans to fire more probation officers . Senator Joe Pennacchio challenged the Murphy Administration’s policy of terminating unvaccinated corrections officers after releasing 40 percent of the State’s prison population.
“It is obvious the Governor is applying social science to his COVID policies as it relates to prisons, prisoners and correction officers, as opposed to medical science. Decisions reflect political agendas, not public health.”
Almost 60 percent of probation officers have not complied with the Governor’s mandates to be vaccinated. The Administration has threatened unvaccinated officers with termination, and the deadline for receiving the first shot has passed.
Senator Pennacchio questioned the policy on a number of levels.
“If the intent of the policy is to prevent the spread of the virus, the Administration should accept natural immunity. The antibodies present in people who have recovered from COVID are at least as effective – if not more – at controlling viral transmission,” Pennacchio said. “Forcing vaccination on corrections officers, and firing those who resist, is unnecessary and overkill.
“The vaccine passport requirements at the State House have been eased. The same courtesy should be extended to our dedicated corrections officers.”
“The Governor’s regular COVID press briefings have been discontinued, the Legislature refused to codify Murphy’s emergency powers, and parents are demanding their children be able to have in-person, unmasked, learning,” noted Pennacchio. “It seems the nation is recognizing that arbitrary and unscientific rules must end. When will the Administration catch on?”
What a mess
He’s such a dipshit he’s doesn’t belong in the chair he sits in he’s a disgrace
Just another democrap ruining america. And this guy has his sights on the presidency. God help us all!
What a clown.
Poor cops losing so much power .
I thought the country was now slowly pulling away from all these Covid rules after realizing that it’s never going away and we just have to live with it? Now we’re laying off prison staff because they refuse to get the vax and because of that, we’re letting out criminals into our communities. The Dem narrative is that we look up too many people, who are mostly non-violent weed smokers. BS. These people are in prison because they used up all their chances and ended up where they are. Out of our communities. This guy is a clown and he just takes his orders from Pelosi.