Wed Oct 27, 2021 – 4:47 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Indiana police departments and political leaders are courting officers from across the border who might be fed up with Chicago’s vaccine mandates.
The Windy City has required all government workers to get jabbed by October 18, but some police and other employees have resisted the mandate. A federal judge is expected to rule Friday on a lawsuit against the requirement. Some aldermen in the Democratic city have also called for a special session to undo Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s order.
Munster, Indiana, located just a 30-minute drive from the city’s southwest side where many police and first responders live, announced an “Emergency Hiring Process” for “lateral transfer” officers. This means that someone who is already working as a law enforcement officer could be quickly hired by the Hoosier State town.
“Here in northwest Indiana, in Munster, we have one of the top rated school systems in the state,” Munster Police Chief Steve Scheckel told Fox News.
“[Officers] can send their kids to public school. It’s a low-crime community. Even though we’re 30 minutes from Chicago, we’re rated one of the 10 safest cities in the state of
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