Conflict of Interest?

A "conflict of interest" is defined thusly:

• A conflict of interest occurs when an individual or organization has multiple interests that could potentially influence their decisions, often leading to biased judgment. This situation is particularly important in fields like law, medicine, and business, where personal interests may conflict with professional duties.

We bring this up because we are being told of an ongoing issue involving the Medical Section and the Pension Board regarding the duty status of a number of Officers. Case in point:

• an Officer has been determined by multiple city doctors to be "mentally or physically unfit for duty." This finding makes the Officer eligible for a hearing before the Pension Board Disability Committee to determine what the Officer is entitled to receive;
• the Disability Committee however, has decided to disregard the findings by the very doctors they hired to do these evaluations, and has ordered the Officer to undergo an additional "functional capacity evaluation" in preparation for a return to duty;
• remember, multiple doctors have found that this Officer is mentally or physically unfit for duty, as in performing the necessary tasks to protect themself, their partner and the public, up to and including carrying a firearm.

There are a number of doctors hired by the Pension Board to do these evaluations. There is a doctor in charge of the Medical Section who appears to be a "per diem" employee of the organization that is paid by the Pension Board to conduct these "FCE" examinations and all seem to share some sort of professional association among medical facilities. Does it seem suspicious that an organization benefiting financially from a city entity recommending evaluations would be allowed to interact in this manner?

To top it all off, the Medical Section is slow-walking all of the letters and paperwork the Officers need for their hearing, leading to extensive delays in scheduling before the Committee, leading to lapses in insurance coverage. We're talking extensive delays, sometimes nine or ten months.

We shouldn't be surprised at all this incompetency as one of the Disability Committee members is Melissa Conyears-Ervin, recent Inspector General target and wife of the un-indicted stripper patronizing aldercreature. 

But this crap is driving families into debt and bankruptcy.