And the fallout of Sen. Bob Menendez’s indictment
For nearly 20 years, city and police union officials have argued over the flaws of the Heart and Lung benefit system, a state disability benefit for first responders that allows city cops to collect inflated paychecks while out of work.A quick recap:, which was vastly higher than other major cities like Chicago or Portland . At least 74 officers were unavailable for two or more years.
And the doctors who had been selected by the police union, Fraternal Order of Police No. 5, to treat injured members were involved withBut now, the data is trending in a positive direction. City records reviewed by The Inquirer show that the number of cops listed as injured on duty during the summer plummeted 46% from late 2021. That means about 300 fewer officers were out of work each week.