State public health order, uniform survey and more…
LASD Sergeant and Son – an EMT – Wind Up at Same Emergency Call
https://abc7.com/first-responders-family-sergeant-emt/11114483/
10/12/21: LOS ANGELES (KABC) — It’s not unusual for children to follow in their parents footsteps — just ask Eric Lee Sr. and Eric Lee Jr. — both of whom work as first responders. It’s in their blood.
“I followed in my mom’s footsteps,” the elder Lee said in an interview with ABC7. “My mom is a retired sergeant for L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.”
Eric Lee Sr. is a sergeant with the Sheriff’s Department, assigned to the agency’s Special Enforcement Bureau. Eric Lee Jr. has been an EMT for two years.
Typically, their paths wouldn’t cross — but they did, coincidentally, earlier this month, on one of the father’s very first calls as a newly assigned tactical medic.
A photo later released by the Sheriff’s Department shows the father and son working side-by-side to help a motorcyclist who went down on Glendora Mountain Road.
Eric Lee Sr. had arrived first.
“After several minutes, I saw a care ambulance arrive at the location and saw my son step out,” said Lee. “Honestly, it was probably the best day I’ve ever had at work.”
Said the younger Lee: “We were just trying to get there in time to meet him because usually the helicopter gets there a lot faster. They will just takeoff without us even getting there. But we got there in time.”
The family’s history of public service runs even deeper. Eric Lee Jr.’s grandfather Robert Lee is a retired L.A. County deputy fire chief.”He was also a paramedic back in the day,” Eric Lee Sr. said. “So he’s been a big inspiration to both of us.”
Eric Lee Jr. said: “Just hearing stories about him being in the fire department, and being a paramedic for the fire department, it just seemed like a really fun and interesting career to get into.”
Eric Lee Sr. added: “There is no doubt he was very happy to find out that we were able to work together.
“To have my son there with me, assisting me in treating a patient, there’s no better feeling than that,” he said. “I couldn’t ask for anything more.”
Sheriff Villanueva Will Not Enforce Vaccination Mandate
10/8/21: Information provided to PPOA from membership, and later reported by ABC7, led PPOA to Sheriff Villanueva’s comments. The Sheriff states, “No, I will not” in regards to a question regarding the enforcement of the County’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate, at approximately the 32:20 minute mark, during Wednesday’s Facebook Live briefing.
Week in Review – 10/9/21
Fulgent registration, open enrollment and more…
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County Distributes COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Policy Over Objections from PPOA and CCU
- against any COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate that includes discipline
- continuing to demand accommodation and/or testing options for our members who may not be defined within medical and/or religious exemptions
- continuing to address with the County the unreasonableness of the timeline
COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate – Impasse Declared
- The COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate Executive Order is still in place and requires of all County employees to demonstrate proof of vaccination by October 1, 2021
- Negotiations on the impacts of the COVID-19 Vaccination are at impasse, without resolution at this time
- No one will be disciplined/suspended/fired on October 1, 2021 as a result of not being vaccinated against COVID-19
- The County wants all employees to register in the Fulgent Genetics website/tracking system, REGARDLESS of vaccination status, by October 1, 2021, in order to gather more accurate data on the number of employees who are vaccinated, are not vaccinated, and the anticipated number or medical/religious exemptions needing to be addressed
- The report back from the CEO to the Board of Supervisors at the meeting of September 28, 2021 reflected the following numbers:
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- 67,273 County Employees have registered with the Fulgent Genetics tracking system
- 58,865 County Employees of those registered are fully vaccinated,
- 1,627 County Employees of those registered are partially vaccinated,
- 5,966 County Employees of those registered are not vaccinated, and
- Approximately 44,700 County Employees have not yet registered
- PPOA has been allocating extensive resources to the COVID-19 pandemic and related legal issues since March of 2020, meeting with staff and legal team twice a week
- The “law of the land” regarding vaccination mandates is currently based on a 1905 Supreme Court Decision, Jacobson v. Massachusetts. This case has been unsuccessfully challenged over forty (40+) times related to the COVID-19 vaccination mandates nation-wide.
- PPOA has gathered legal opinions and consulted with counsel from the Fraternal Order of Police, the California Coalition of Law Enforcement Association, and the Peace Officers Research Association of California, all verifying the legal parameters of Jacobson v. Massachusetts, have no perceivable challenges at this time,
- The County, as an employer, has the legal right to your vaccination status
- PPOA and the associations above have dedicated their legal teams to tracking, monitoring, and exchanging information related to lawsuits filed within the state and country, in efforts to identify changes in strategy and/or potential judicial action
- against any COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate that includes discipline
- continue to demand accommodation and/or testing options for our members who may not be defined within medical and/or religious exemptions
- continue to address with the County the unreasonableness of the timeline
PPOA Week in Review: 10/2/21
Negotiations Impasse, COVID-19 Policy and more…
Week in Review – 9/25/21
Week in Review – 9/18/21
Update on Vaccination Mandate and more… https://conta.cc/3kkHzqj