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Dear Chief Kelley:

Your request for an Attorney General's opinion has been forwarded to me for research and reply. Your questions deal with a police officer from your police department who has been receiving temporary total disability benefits from Workers' Compensation and a stipend from the Police Officer's Supplemental Pay for more than three years. Specifically, you ask:

1) Can this officer be terminated?

2) Does the Town of Richwood have any financial liability for any accrued sick leave, vacation time, etc.?

3) Should this officer have been declared "medically disabled" since he has been…