Police chief sanctioned agents about 'clinic' to obtain vaccination cards without receiving vaccines

(CNN)-A North Carolina police chief was licensed without salary enjoy, local officials said.

T.J.Smith, Oakboro Town police chief, north Carolina, violated policies that include fraud, intentional acts that endanger the property of others and serve an interest in conflict when he supposedly told agents about the plan, according to aLetter addressed to him written by Doug Burgess, city administrator.

The alleged violations come from "detrimental personal behavior, including notification to the law agents to attend a 'clinic' where they could obtain evidence of COVID-19 vaccination cards without being vaccinated," said the letter.

Accusations of vaccine fraud occur when the omicron variant is rapidly spreading both in the US.UU.as around the world.Complete vaccination and reinforcements provide the best protection against the highly contagious variant that has alarmed health officials during the Christmas season.

Dra.Mandy Cohen, secretary of the State Health and Human Services, said North Carolina could see up to 10.000 COVID-19 cases per day at the January peak.

The letter of a page, signed by Burgess and published on Tuesday, says that Smith was ordered to take a license without salary enjoyment for two weeks and be in the trial period for six months from December 21.Smith has the right to appeal, says the letter.

The disciplinary measures occurred after the city hired Blue Chameleon investigations to carry out an independent investigation into the matter, and the decision was made based on the findings, Burges said to CNN.

Smith, in a statement to the local newspaper, said in part: "To summarize the story, in retrospect, I made a mistake".

Smith le dijo a Stanly News & Press que un amigo lo llamó y le contó sobre una clínica de vacunación móvil.

"After I hung the phone with that friend, I called two other police (not in my department) and transmitted information about what was described as a 'highway' clinic," he says in a part of the statement."I received a phone call, I hung up and made two others.I didn't sit and digest the information, I did not dedicate myself to thinking about her or gave her many laps.I just transmitted it ".

CNN has contacted Smith for comments.