Backlash over police vaccine mandates has not fueled crime surge, experts say

Opposition to requirement has led to staff shortages but not the chaos unions predicted, say analysts

In Seattle, some police detectives stepped into patrol cars over the last month for the first time in more than a decade, according to Sgt Randy Huserik, who has been with the department for 28 years.

The department has been short staffed since 18 October, when the city began enforcing a mandate requiring officers to get vaccinated against Covid-19.