Hertfordshire Constabulary has confirmed that an investigation will not be launched after anti-vaxxers filmed themselves demanding that Watford’s chief inspector shuts down vaccination centres.
Chief inspector Ian Grout was told outside Watford Police Station that if officers do not shut down local vaccination centres and arrest those involved with the rollout, then they will “be arrested”.
The anti-vaxxers presented the chief inspector with a 120-page document and leaflets about their so-called research that is claimed to be “overwhelming evidence” that vaccines are dangerous.
Hertfordshire Constabulary was approached to see whether the so-called “evidence” was reviewed and whether an investigation will be launched.
A spokesperson said: “Hertfordshire Constabulary is not investigating this incident.”
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During the confrontation, which lasted over seven minutes, Ch Insp Grout listened to the anti-vaxxers state their case, before saying “everyone has their views”.
At the end, the anti-vaxxers who call themselves “common law constables” said: “If you guys don’t (close vaccination centres and issue arrests), you guys are gonna be arrested, 100 per cent”.
In the video, one of the common law constables was heard saying: “We are demanding for today that all the vaccination centres to be closed with immediate effect because the evidence is overwhelming.
“If you guys don’t do those arrests against the vaccination centres, then we will.”
They claimed that the Covid vaccination rollout is equivalent to “murder” and said “so many people are dying”.
Ch Insp Grout did say he would look over the documents handed to him – but was not recorded saying whether he would launch an investigation or not.
However, he responded: “If that is your ultimate intention, to close the vaccination centres, then it’s far bigger than my influence."
Amid the rise of omicron cases in the beginning of January, Hertfordshire’s director of public health, Jim McManus, previously said: “The vaccines do still seem to be working to prevent people needing intensive care and mechanical ventilation treatment, but the Omicron variant is still very serious for some people, even if mild for other.”
“With such a high number of cases, it’s more important than ever that people get their vaccinations and booster jabs as soon as possible to help us minimise the impact of this wave of cases.”
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