Hackley v. Mayor of Baltimore

ALPERT, Judge.

We address here the consolidated appeals of four police officers (hereinafter occasionally referred to as “claimants”) whose applications for special disability retirement benefits pursuant to Article 22, Section 34(e) of the Baltimore City Code were denied. 1 The single issue presented by these cases may be succinctly stated:

Is a police officer who is capable of performing light duty specially assigned to officers injured in the line of duty, “incapacitated for the further performance of the duties of his job classification?”

I. Procedural Background and City of Baltimore v.…