Minnesota offers a cautionary tale of increasing PTSD disabilities, says columnist Mark Patinkin. In Central Falls, 49 of 108 police and fire retirees are on disability – 45%. In Johnston, it's 75%.
Police and fire disability pension payments are estimated to be $1.64 million in 2013 for Moline, Rock Island and East Moline. Combined, the cities have 52 police and firefighters on some sort of ...
About 24% of pensions paid to police and firefighters by the state-run pension system are disability pensions, raising concerns about cost. Recent changes have made it easier for retired first ...
An NYPD officer debilitated by COVID and unable to work again won’t get a line-of-duty disability pension because of disagreement at the Police Pension Fund over how to handle such cases. Although the ...
No Section Police disability retirements stressing communities, sending state pension costs soaring The Public Employees Retirement Association estimates that police and fire pensions are costing $40 ...
A former Tenafly police officer who retired in 2022 due to complications from long COVID has won an appeal that will recognize his disability was due to his illness and thus increases his monthly ...
Top Connecticut state officials — including the governor, legislative leaders and those overseeing the retirement system — vowed to make a series of sweeping reforms to address glaring loopholes in ...
Mark Stewart, the recently retired NYPD deputy commissioner for community affairs, has been awarded a lucrative ¾ disability pension, the Daily News has learned – following a similarly generous ...