§ 3-7-29. Partial service-connected disability retirement.  


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  • (a)

    Members granted a retirement allowance and benefits for partial disability shall be subject to recall to active service by the Board when police officer positions are available in the Police Department that they are capable of performing, as determined by the Chief of Police. If so recalled, all retirement allowances and benefits for partial disability shall terminate from and after the date of such recall.

    (b)

    Any member becoming partially disabled in the manner provided in this Section, who shall remain in the Police Department in a police officer position which he or she is capable of performing, shall not receive retirement allowances and benefits until such service credit is acquired as would otherwise be required for service retirement.

    (c)

    If the Chief of Police determines that there is no suitable police officer position available for a partially disabled member, such member shall then be treated as totally disabled under the provisions of this Article from and after the date of his or her separation from employment with the Police Department.

    (d)

    The surviving spouses and dependents of all members who have been retired before and of those who are retired on or after July 7, 2003, on account of partial service-connected disability shall be entitled to benefits under Section 3-7-41. (20-81-3; 33-03-3; 4-16-3).