“Bruce Ogni, a former police captain who retired six years ago on a disability pension after being injured on the job, said he “might as well go on public assistance” if the plan was approved.
“It’s just insane that this is happening in America,” said Mr. Ogni, 48. “How do I tell my children now that you get rewarded for doing the right thing? I did all the right things, and look how I’m getting rewarded”
This guy Ogni abandoned ship at age 42. Wonder if he’s the husky dude wearing white trainers in the second row? God Bless him if he is really “disabled” but call me skeptical, having seen and heard of so many abuses of “the system”
I think in many municipalities being "medically retired" constitutes well over 50% of all police/fire retirees every year.
A lot of these same municipalities also spend 80%-90% of their yearly budget on personnel costs. My favorite example is Montgomery County, MD. If they spend 80% of their yearly budget now, how can they ever hope to pay their retirees down the road? And that "down the road" is just around the bend.