Parks Officer Can't Get Retirement Benefits From Police & Fire Retirement System

A New York appellate court ruled that a park police officer was not entitled to performance of duty or accidental disability retirement benefits because he was not a member of the New York State and Local Police & Fire Retirement System. Case: Matter of O'Connor v. DiNapoli, No. 524331, 10/05/2017, published. Facts and procedural history: Kevin O’Connor worked as a Suffolk County park police officer. He filed an application for performance of duty and accidental disability retirement benefits with the New York State and Local Police & Fire Retirement System in 2013, asserti...