South Australia Scraps Vaccine Mandate for Police

South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens at the press conference at the Stag Hotel in Adelaide, Australia, on Dec. 1, 2020. Kelly Barnes/Getty Images

South Australian police officers who refused to get jabbed against COVID-19 can return to work after the state dropped its vaccine mandates for police on Monday morning.

SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens noted he was confident any risk to the force and members of the public can be “effectively managed through alternative controls” rather than unvaccinated staff being on enforced leave.