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Met Police Commissioner 'baffled' why officers not at front of Covid vaccine queue | LBC
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3:46Now PlayingThe Met Police Commissioner has told LBC she is "baffled" why officers are not at the front of the queue for the Covid vaccine.
During a regular Call the Commissioner phone in LBC listener Anthony from Bromley called to ask Met Police chief Dame Cressida Dick a personal question.
The caller told the Commissioner his son had been a front line police officer for a year and had just recovered from Covid.
He asked what the police force was doing to get frontline police officers the coronavirus vaccine.
The Commissioner said she had been asking for police officers to be given the vaccine sooner.
Revealing to LBC she has been talking with the Government for "many many weeks," she said with the police being a critical service it was vital to "keep the police safe."
Commissioner Dick set out some of the roles her officers were carrying out while policing during the pandemic she said police "have to get up close and personal."
She added it was not possible for officers to dress in full protective clothing and PPE.
"They are putting themselves at risk, they have been for the last year," Dame Cressida said.
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