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Old 09-06-2012, 01:40 AM
 
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Other City of San Jose workers have been saying for years that the cops & firemen have been gaming the very loose disability rules that the rest of City of SJ workers don't get. This often doesn't get mentioned in the Mercury News (although it has been mentioned at times).

San Jose Cops Rush Disability Retirement as Rules Tighten - Bloomberg

In February 2011, 67 percent of fire retirees and 41 percent of police retirees were receiving disability retirement payments, compared with 6 percent of other city workers, according to Erickson’s audit.
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Old 09-06-2012, 09:58 AM
 
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From that article:

"Michael D. Richmond took a disability retirement as a San Jose police officer at the age of 42 in 2001 and now works as a sergeant in the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. Timothy W. Skalland, a former San Jose deputy police chief, got a similar deal in 1997, at the age of 50, and went on to direct a police and fire dispatch agency in Shasta County."


And this is the same police department that doesn't even have enough money to respond to residential burglar alarms any more.
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Old 09-06-2012, 12:30 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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WTH? Talk about double dipping. How is that even legal?
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Old 09-06-2012, 01:13 PM
 
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WTH? Talk about double dipping. How is that even legal?
Like so many things these days, the real crime is what's legal.
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