News of the Weird
February 15, 2007 at 5:26 pm by Chuck Shepherd in Not-lantaTHE DISTRICT OF CALAMITY: The Washington Post, examining 135 cases of disability by �stress� among Washington, D.C., police officers, found only 16 that resulted from specific incidents, such as gunfire, with the rest due to �common workplace tensions� (�arguments with colleagues, shift changes, disciplinary actions� among them). According to an internal police memo, the department�s generous disability benefit would be �unheard of in private industry and public service,� and the department�s rate of officers unable to work is, for example, several times higher than Baltimore�s, according to the Post�s October report.
� 2007 CHUCK SHEPHERD
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