A 31-year veteran police officer has said he has quit the police force over the COVID-19 health mandates as thousands rallied again on the weekend to protest the restrictions. Roland Chrystal, who served in the New South Wales Police Force since he was 19-years-old, joined with tens of thousands of people to peacefully protest against the COVID-19 mandates under the watching eye of his former colleagues. “I’ve come out to speak back to my former colleagues and to tell them that you have a code of conduct and ethics, you have a Statement of Values, and you need to comply with those. And that means upholding the correct laws and also maintaining people’s rights and freedoms,” Chrystal told The Epoch Times. He said he had reluctantly hung up his badge on Oct. 5, 2021, after spending three decades with the police. “For the vast majority of [my career], any time …