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Posted by: Mitpo62

Question of the day: When working a detail in another city/town and you become injured, who covers the compensation: the city/town you work the detail in, or your fulltime employer?


Posted by: OutOfManyOne

Your town that you work for. There is case law on this , officer was injured from Shirley PD years ago working in Littleton for a detail.


Posted by: Ptlm.Shamrock147

Mitpo How is he doing??


Posted by: Mitpo62

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ptlm.Shamrock147
Mitpo How is he doing??
Good. I spoke with him tonight. He suffered a fractured elbow and bruised shoulder. The chief put him out on injury leave, no question. The union pointed out that as part of a SEMLEC agreement, any work done by officers out of town in an "official capacity" is covered, regardless. Locker room lawyers suggested he was on his own, etc., blah, blah, blah. Naysayers love to stir the crap.


Posted by: Ptlm.Shamrock147

Glad to hear hes ok! It could have been any of us! Tell him never mind the wires for now on, The operator is on his own! and wish him the best of luck!


Posted by: pahapoika

officer from the sheriff's department got hurt working the Mass. Pike and they played a game on who was going to pay.

ultimately his department ended up paying for his injuries , but don't put it past management to try something cute.


Posted by: Irish Wampanoag

The town requesting the detail pays and is responsible for all. To bad if that town did not pay for an extended insurance policy on public safety requests.


Posted by: csauce777

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Originally Posted by OutOfManyOne
Your town that you work for. There is case law on this , officer was injured from Shirley PD years ago working in Littleton for a detail.
At my department a neighboring town refuses to hire out of town detail officers because they insist their insurance won't cover us in the event of an injury. Instead they give 4 or 5 a day to the Deputies (who have their own department insurance) and leave us sitting on our thumbs. Meanwhile towns who dont even border us occasionally call us for details. At least they will share the wealth. We'll see who gets calls from us when a large 6+ detail officer project starts in the fall when other work is dying down. Payback's a bitch...


Posted by: OutOfManyOne

Quote:
Originally Posted by csauce777
At my department a neighboring town refuses to hire out of town detail officers because they insist their insurance won't cover us in the event of an injury. Instead they give 4 or 5 a day to the Deputies (who have their own department insurance) and leave us sitting on our thumbs. Meanwhile towns who dont even border us occasionally call us for details. At least they will share the wealth. We'll see who gets calls from us when a large 6+ detail officer project starts in the fall when other work is dying down. Payback's a bitch...
Your chief and other town chief should talk as this should not be an issue. You do not need to write any mutual aid agreements for liability purposes as this was old school mentality. Either way your town or the other would cover it. I hate seeing deputies take details away from cops.


Posted by: Opie

The way I understand it if, your working Gillette Stadium and get injured, Foxboro has to cover you, but I believe you need to use your own sicktime to cover your shifts. You work a Metro Call Out and get injured, your Dept. has to cover you IOD.




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