The Illinois Workers\u2019 Compensation Appellate Court ruled in December that an injury sustained by a police officer while loading his duty bag into his car at home was compensable.<\/p>\n
The case involved the Bolingbook Police Department and the Illinois Workers\u2019 Compensation Commission. One of the plaintiff\u2019s job duties as a police officer included the safekeeping of his duty bag. The bag contained items such as his helmet, service weapon and ammunition. <\/p>\n
The Commission claimed the responsibility for the duty bag\u2019s safekeeping was a job-related task. The police officer\u2019s employer required the duty bag to be kept \u201cwith his person.\u201d At the end of his shift, he was allowed to either store the bag in his locker at the police station, or secure it at home. The employer accepted both options as there were no rules prohibiting the storing of duty bags at officers\u2019 personal residences.<\/p>\n
The plaintiff chose to take his duty bag (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Illinois Workers\u2019 Compensation Appellate Court ruled in December that an injury sustained by a police officer while loading his duty bag into his car at home was compensable. The case involved the Bolingbook Police Department and the Illinois Workers\u2019…<\/span><\/p>\n