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The Philadelphia Police have a number of problems, though far less than they had during the Frank Rizzo era.

It appears that a culture of corruption still tops the list as shown when injury disability claims instantly dropping by ⅓ once the press started covering the racket that the FOP had arranged.

The union had picked their unethical pet doctors to sign off on corrupt cops faking disability:

For years, Philadelphia police officials had been alarmed by an internal list that tracked the number of officers who were out of work but still getting paid.

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And doctors handpicked by the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 5 diagnosed the vast majority of officers as being so injured that they couldn’t even do menial work, like testifying in open criminal cases.

By September 2021, the weekly list of injured cops exceeded 650 — a staggering 14% of all patrol officers in Philadelphia, and a vastly higher percentage than in other major cities.

For the last year, The Inquirer has investigated potential fraud and abuse in the police disability system as part of a series, MIA: Crisis in the Ranks. Since the first installment was published in February, the weekly total of cops who are labeled “no duty” has changed dramatically.

Now, according to a recent list obtained by The Inquirer, the number of officers out with injury claims has dropped by 31%, while the number of injured officers cleared for court duty has more than tripled.

Two FOP-selected doctors, meanwhile, have left the Heart and Lung program, and Holmesburg Family Medicine, a Northeast Philadelphia practice that evaluated most injured officers, closed its Frankford Avenue doors in July.

The FOP specifically instructed its members avoid any examination that they had not approved.

This is corruption, and the Philadelphia FOP is engaging in racketeeering.