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Police Officer denied compensation after losing leg

  • 02-07-2012 11:11am
    #1
    Delancey
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    Check out below link.....

    Shocking to think an officer could be so badly injured yet be denied compensation. In my opinion officers on their way to / from work should of course be classed as ' On Duty ' but what happens if attacked in other circumstances ?

    Countless numbers of RUC officers were killed and injured while ' off duty ' during the Troubles - were they or their families denied compensation ?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18671570


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  • #2
    Goonerdee
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    Delancey wrote: »
    Check out below link.....

    Shocking to think an officer could be so badly injured yet be denied compensation. In my opinion officers on their way to / from work should of course be classed as ' On Duty ' but what happens if attacked in other circumstances ?

    Countless numbers of RUC officers were killed and injured while ' off duty ' during the Troubles - were they or their families denied compensation ?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18671570

    Officers on their way to/from work is still regarded as on duty. It is for the rest of the UK and it was for the RUC. Unless the faceless suits in government managed to wangle that little clause in during the Patten reforms!


  • #3
    Pappa Charlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Pappa Charlie


    What a disgraceful decision, some pen pushing civil servants get to judge a man who they arent even a shadow off. Then they expect their police to lay their lives on the line so that they can be safe. A few days of a police strike might jolt them into reality! The country is going down the toilet north and south!


  • #4
    cloptrop
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    Pack of pwicks that made that decision


  • #5
    gman2k
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    Unbelievable!
    He was bombed because he was a policeman, yet because he had not clocked in......sorry!
    And to think there was a story this week where a Garda got €300k for a punch in the face?


  • #6
    meathstevie
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    It was in the press shortly after that senior PSNI management supported the view that it was indeed an injury on duty. As far as I know the Chief Constable even went public stating as much.

    Still the mind boggles, I always was of the assumption that traveling to and from work was seen as "at work" for the purpose of injuries and accidents.


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  • #7
    Delancey
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    meathstevie wrote: »
    It was in the press shortly after that senior PSNI management supported the view that it was indeed an injury on duty. As far as I know the Chief Constable even went public stating as much.

    Still the mind boggles, I always was of the assumption that traveling to and from work was seen as "at work" for the purpose of injuries and accidents.

    Especially if you consider that a road accident involving a Police Officer travelling to / from work is classed as a ' Police Accident '


  • #8
    Goonerdee
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    Delancey wrote: »
    Especially if you consider that a road accident involving a Police Officer travelling to / from work is classed as a ' Police Accident '

    Just read that an off duty police officer has been killed in an accident.

    http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/motorcyclist-killed-in-crash-was-an-offduty-policeman-16210919.html


  • #9
    Luca Brasi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 300 ✭✭Luca Brasi


    meathstevie wrote: »
    It was in the press shortly after that senior PSNI management supported the view that it was indeed an injury on duty. As far as I know the Chief Constable even went public stating as much.

    Still the mind boggles, I always was of the assumption that traveling to and from work was seen as "at work" for the purpose of injuries and accidents.

    I have no doubt that if he misbehaved when off duty the police ombudsman would be investigating it


  • #10
    Gee-22
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    http://www.u.tv/News/Benefits-u-turn-for-officer-who-lost-leg/a107036a-5535-4d2f-a621-691e4c3ab6f3

    In a dramatic u-turn, the PSNI officer who lost a leg in a dissident republican car-bomb and was refused vital benefits will now receive financial help, UTV can reveal.


  • #11
    Pappa Charlie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Pappa Charlie


    Gee-22 wrote: »
    http://www.u.tv/News/Benefits-u-turn-for-officer-who-lost-leg/a107036a-5535-4d2f-a621-691e4c3ab6f3

    In a dramatic u-turn, the PSNI officer who lost a leg in a dissident republican car-bomb and was refused vital benefits will now receive financial help, UTV can reveal.

    I hope the authorities don't expect praise for the u turn, they have compounded his injuries with the way they have treated him, what a shower of muppet pen pushers!


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