>Proposal caps outside earnings for disabled cops, firefighters
A new Democratic bill aimed at reforming police and fire disability pensions would cap outside earnings and set up a law enforcement unit to investigate pension fraud.
The new measures are expected to be included this week in a proposal by state Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney, D-Gloucester, and state Sen. Jeff Van Drew, D-Cape May, according to a source familiar with the decision.
The initiative comes amid rising disability claims in the aftermath of state Supreme Court decisions that loosened requirements.
Under the proposal, former police officers and firefighters who are receiving two-thirds of their salary under an accidental pension would be capped from earning more than the extra one-third in a second job after retiring. (Method, Gannett)
