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PRESS RELEASE – August 5, 2021

 As to the Mayor’s current health order, the Denver Police Protective Association respects and trusts our members with their own choices on how to maintain their health, the health of their families, and the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Denver in a profession that exposes them on a daily basis to violent criminals, as well as multiple contagious and infectious diseases prevalent in our community. Health and safety has been and always will be a core value and personal commitment to every officer serving the community. Our members can be trusted with their personal decisions.

PRESS RELEASE – August 5, 2021

 The Denver Police Protective Association (PPA) finds it is compelled to respond to the validity and inaccuracies of the Denver CBS4 news story released this evening.  The Denver CBS4 news reporters are completely misinformed and failed to report accurate information.  The reporter was told by the PPA and the City of Denver they do not have the accurate number of police officers vaccinated or not vaccinated.  The PPA did conduct an internal, informal and unscientific survey of its membership and unfortunately, the survey responses were statistically and mathematically so far away of realistic numbers, it was for this reason, the survey was not released.  The only hard or more accurate numbers known at this time came from when the vaccine was first made available to first responders.  Within three weeks of first responders receiving the vaccine, the PPA was advised by the administration approximately 69.7 percent had been vaccinated.  Based on this information, the PPA’s survey was discovered to be fairly inaccurate and it was impossible for the PPA to provide a valid number of those vaccinated based on the survey conducted to these reporters. Very clearly, the information put out by Denver CBS4 is not accurate and is the definition  of “fake news.”