By Associated Press via Yahoo!
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey will continue to use private investigators to spy on Atlantic City firefighters and police officers who are on medical leave or out sick, a state spokeswoman said Tuesday, despite complaints from a union that it’s a waste of taxpayer dollars.
The state contends the monitoring is working and has uncovered employees who were abusing the sick policy, which also costs the city money.
“This small minority of police officers and firefighters who abuse sick time adversely affect their fellow officers by worsening the city’s labor costs through unnecessary overtime,” said Lisa Ryan, a spokeswoman for the state’s Department of Community Affairs.
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