Three Oklahoma sheriffs issued statements on social media saying that they will not require their employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine.On Monday, Logan County Sheriff’s Office posted Sheriff’s Damon Devereaux’s statement on the department’s official Facebook page. Devereaux said that they have seen an unprecedented amount of division, hate and contention among Americans since the beginning of the pandemic, which has become more intense since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines. Devereaux said the Logan County Sheriff’s Office, “has not, and will not mandate the COVID-19 vaccine,” for any of their employees, saying it’s the employee’s choice to get vaccinated or not. “I’m appalled at some of the absolute dictator-like tactics we are seeing from our federal government and several other state governments. It flies in the face of everything our country has always stood for and is furthering the damage and division done to the people of this great nation,” Devereaux said in the statement.The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office posted a similar statement on their Facebook page from Sheriff Wayne McKinney. Cleveland County Sheriff Chris Amason posted on the department's Facebook page later in the evening Monday that he will not mandate COVID-19 vaccines for his employees."As the Cleveland County Sheriff, I will defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, protecting all citizens' individual rights and liberties," Amason said. "I will not mandate the COVID vaccine for any of my employees. The decision will be an individual choice whether or not they receive the vaccination just as it should be for all Americans."President Joe Biden last week announced expansive rules, mandating that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly, affecting about 80 million Americans. And the roughly 17 million workers at health facilities that receive federal Medicare or Medicaid also will have to be fully vaccinated, according to The Associated Press.>> COVID-19 in Oklahoma: New cases, deaths, breakthrough cases, vaccination ratesBiden is also requiring vaccination for employees of the executive branch and contractors who do business with the federal government — with no option to test out. That covers several million more workers, The Associated Press reported.