17 News Investigation: Disability pensions

Those who work in public safety say it's physically demanding and often dangerous work. But, critics suggest some deputies and firefighters are fleecing the system.

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ginny - 5/5/2012 12:45 PM
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This is a game played all over the country. But not just by Fire and Police officers. It is played by people in all walks of life and they get away with it more times than not. I've seen stories of people claiming they are unable to work because of a back injury and then once their disability is approved they have been recorded working in contruction, other heavy lifting jobs. One story even had video of a guy on disability for his back who was now a competative weight lifter. Who are the fools here? Us, the ones who do to work day in and day out, pay out taxes, follow the laws. Boy are be the saps. Imagine in CA alone how much we could save if these false disability claims we investigated and those cheating the system lost the benefits.

murph56 - 5/5/2012 11:15 AM
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For one thing how come all of these workers get life time disabiliy for say a bad knee, why can't they do an office job which is taken by a officer which could be in the field?
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