Civil Service Rejects City's Request for Extension

[Mike Glasser]

In a Civil Service hearing this morning before the Honorable Harry S. Tervalon, Jr., the City requested extensions on P.I.B. Cases involving 48 officers which went in excess of the 60 Day Rule, and were initiated well before Katrina. The City's witness, retired Captain Caroline Weigand offered that Katrina-related difficulties prevented the timely adjudication of these cases.

The affected officers, both PANO, FOP, and non-members, represented by PANO Attorney Frank DeSalvo & FOP Attorney Eric Hessler, argued against the merits of the City's case. After careful consideration by the Honorable Harry S. Tervalon, Jr., All extensions requested by the City were denied by Civil Service.

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The Police Association was very pleased with the decision rendered in this
matter by the Honorable Harry S. Tervalon, Jr., which significantly affects the
careers of many PANO & FOP members.

[ARThompson]

Kudos to PANO and the attorneys on this one.......(and to FOP if they were involved, i know there has been more cooperation between these two organizations then there has ever been , and it is a credit to their leaderships.).


This is not the first situation that has been dealt with proactively and i'm sure it wont be the last..... Additionally, regarding the overtime for being held over....that issue is a sore one, and should have been dealt with loooooong ago, to many people have lost too much money over that issue.....another job well done by Mike and the boys.....


Keep up the good work, i love cheering for you guys

(nice to have ANYTHING to cheer about in these times...aint it?

[EdmondExley]

AT, you still living in Algiers?

[ARThompson]

And livin' the good life! I miss my compadres....but not the BS, doing juuuuuust fine without that!

Whats Up with U?

[Billy]

So Addison you ready to come back ?

[ARThompson]

But only if you'll be my captain. You can put me on the permanent stand on the corner and waive detail...... see if i would have thought something like that up I might have made something out of myself on this job......



what a waste



AT

[EdmondExley]

While we are on this subject of retirement I was wondering if any of you guys can tell me how many years of service one must have to be vested with regard to Health insurance. I was always under the impression one could retire at 12 years of service, with somewhere in the neighborhood of 36-38%yet you are unable to collect any benifits until the age of 55. I was told by another person that one must have at least 15 years of service to retire and maintain health coverage after the age of 55. Anybody know?