[italianquaker]

You just call in sick and run out the clock

[thefactor]

You can't call in sick to the NYPD for longer than two days without going to see a Department Surgeon. But the REAL problem is if you are out sick then you cannot make overtime, and NYPD retirement takes overtime into account.

So if you don't make overtime for a month or two at the end of your career, then your pension will be diminished by possibly thousands of dollar PER MONTH for the rest of your life. That's why cops are leaving now in a hurry.