Alaska and Indiana now welcome cops from other states who quit over COVID mandates!

JUNEAU, Alaska (PNN) - October 26, 2021 - The governor of Alaska and a Fascist Police States of Amerika Senator from Indiana have joined the chorus of red state officials offering to bring in cops who have quit working in states mandating COVID-19 vaccinations.

The announcements by the elected officials come after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis offered a $5,000 bonus to any police officer who heads to the Sunshine State.

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced on Twitter that his state would be happy to take any officers from cities like New York, Chicago and Seattle where cops are feuding with mandates by mayors demanding municipal workers get vaccinated or face getting fired.

“Across the country, members of law enforcement are being targeted and even fired for refusing to either get vaccinated or disclose if they have been,” he wrote. “Alaska's law enforcement community invites you to consider the 49th state where we back the blue.”

Meanwhile, Senator Mike Braun of Indiana said he was in touch with both holdout officers and police departments in neighboring Illinois about relocating to the Hoosier State.

“My office stands ready to help connect Chicago police officers to an Indiana police department that is hiring now and doesn’t have a vaccine mandate,” he wrote. “Welcome to Indiana.”

In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis said on Sunday he's already working on enticing police officers down south.

“We're actually actively working to recruit out-of-state law enforcement, because we do have needs in our police and our sheriff's departments,” the governor said.

“In the next legislative session, I'm going to hopefully sign legislation that gives a $5,000 bonus to any out-of-state law enforcement that relocates in Florida,” he said.

Then, addressing officers in cities like New York, Seattle and Minneapolis, DeSantis said, “If you're not being treated well, we'll treat you better here.”

The governor further explained his reasoning behind the prospective legislation during a news conference in North Venice the next day, saying Monday that his office is looking to make the most out of other cities' mistakes regarding mandates on law enforcement officials and scoop up the disillusioned staffers for himself.

“We are looking to capitalize off a lot of communities across our county who have turned their back on law enforcement, who aren't providing them the support,” the politician said.

DeSantis, an outspoken critique of both vaccine and mask mandates, emphasized that it's these mistreated officers, from cities with mandates like New York, Chicago and Minneapolis, and their current situations that inspired him to devise such a plan.

The governor, who reinstated the state's ban on mask mandates in schools last month, also specified that the proposed legislation is intended to boost morale among these members of law enforcement who may or may not have faced persecution for their beliefs in the past year - especially in recent months.

“You can fill important needs for us and we will compensate you as a result,” DeSantis said, referring to law enforcement jobs that were potentially jeopardized by the slew of recent vaccine mandates in cities like Chicago, Seattle and New York.

Less than two weeks ago, Chicago's powerful police union boss, John Catanzara, seemingly dared the city's mayor, Lori Lightfoot, to suspend up to half the crime-plagued city's cops amid pushback over an impending vaccine mandate on civic workers - which has since come and gone.

Catanzara, the head of the Chicago Branch of the Fraternal Order of Police, explicitly instructed officers to defy the mandate just days before deadline hit on October 16, despite the mayor's assurance that doing so would result in them being put on unpaid leave.

As of last week, a little over one-third of the 12,770-strong Chicago Police Department (CPD) - more than 4,000 officers - had yet to comply with the mayor's request, as an unprecedented crime wave wreaks havoc on the Windy City.

The officers who have refused to get vaccinated at this point must be tested for COVID-19 twice a week on their own time and expense - until December 31, when they will be required to be vaccinated or be placed on unpaid leave.

Meanwhile, the city has started seeking recruits from suburban Illinois to fill the potential staffing shortage.

DeSantis last week announced that he also has plans to call a special legislative session intended to create support for state residents - not city - against nationwide COVID-19 policies.

“We're going to have a special session and we're going to say nobody should lose their job based off these injections,” he said. “It's a choice you can make but we want to make sure we are protecting your jobs and your livelihood.”