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Under new police-union-backed legislation introduced in Harrisburg, a police disability program that has been abused for years by some Philly officers could expand to additional law enforcement officers statewide.
The Enforcement Officer Disability Benefits Law, commonly known as the Heart and Lung Act, is a 1935 benefit meant mostly for police officers and firefighters in Pennsylvania. It allows first responders to collect their full salaries, largely tax-free, when they are out of work due to an on-the-job injury.Philadelphia officers began staying out of work for much longer periods, causing the weekly list of injured officers to grow by hundreds. Doctors selected by the FOP evaluated and treated the officers.
revealed that a staggering 14% of all patrol officers in Philadelphia were listed as injured on duty — a far higher percentage than other big-city police departments.It would allow state park rangers, certain employees in the state’s Department of Corrections and Inspector General’s Office, and some port authority and housing police to be covered by the benefit. It would also include opt-in provisions for police officers at universities and corrections officers at county prisons and jails.
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