The figure of police officers being suspended over COVID-19 vaccine-related matters has risen.
Answering a question on notice tabled in Parliament,Police Minister Mark Ryan said “almost all” the state’s police officers had received their first dose or had an approved exception by November 11,with most already having received their second vaccination.
“I am informed by the Queensland Police Service that as at 4pm on November 11,2021,92 police officers out of a workforce of more than 12,000 have been suspended on vaccine-related matters,” he said.
“I am further advised that,due to privacy provisions,any officers who resign from the QPS are not required to provide reasons for doing so.
“I have been assured by the Police Commissioner that the QPS has sufficient police resources to maintain community safety across Queensland.”
There were also 66 QPS staff members who had been stood down for not being vaccinated or who had not provided an exemption.
QPS granted 212 exemptions on either medical,religious or other grounds.
The figures have risen from October,when82 police officers and 54 staff members were reported as suspended and 197 exemptions were given.