June 21--A dozen former Hazleton employees collected more than $340,000 in disability pension payments in 2014, with the cost accounting for about 15 percent of the $2.57 million in pension payments ...

PROVIDENCE − A potential compromise has been reached in a high-stakes battle over 100% injured-on-duty pay − and tax-free disability pensions − for police and firefighters diagnosed with ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — Former NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly has been granted a line-of-duty disability pension typically given cops suffering Sept. 11-related illnesses, the New York Daily News has learned. The ...

State senators Monday voted to guarantee firefighters tax-free disability pensions if they get cancer and make it more difficult to revoke occupational licenses for criminal convictions. But Senate ...

Former Oakland police officer Michael Shinn was on leave with a broken finger when he found out his boss planned to fire him for failing to file a report, according to an account in a recent ruling ...

A veteran Bronx detective disabled by COVID and unable to work again has been granted a disability pension, potentially setting the stage for other cops to get the same benefits. Detective Mike Smith ...