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Retirees, State Police Urge Raising Cap on Outside Income for Disability Retirees
Summary
Retired state troopers and the State Police Association asked the Joint Committee on Public Service to increase the $15,000 outside-income cap that penalizes disability retirees, saying the limit has not kept pace with cost-of-living increases and imposes hardship on injured retirees.
Retired Massachusetts State Troopers and law-enforcement advocates urged the Joint Committee on Public Service to raise the cap on outside income for disability and public-pension recipients, describing the current limit as outdated and financially punitive.
Sheila Cooper, a retired Massachusetts State Trooper, said she was forced to retire after a line-of-duty injury and now faces repayment demands after being notified almost two years…
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