http://www.abetteroakland.com/questioning-dellumss-promise/2008-01-17 The Continuing Story of a City Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:06:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.abetteroakland.com/questioning-dellumss-promise/2008-01-17#comment-367 len raphael Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:23:05 +0000 http://www.abetteroakland.com/questioning-dellumss-promise/2008-01-17#comment-367 several months ago at the brunner townhall meeting at rockridge library, chief tucker discussed how unexpectedly high disability retirements were partially offsetting recruiting gains. i asked him whether high disability claims = low morale, and his answer was "oh no, because most of these claims are for soft tissue injuries". i'm not a doctor, but my understanding is that soft tissue injuries = back problems that are impossible to verify by xrays, cat scans, mri's. several months ago at the brunner townhall meeting at rockridge library, chief tucker discussed how unexpectedly high disability retirements were partially offsetting recruiting gains. i asked him whether high disability claims = low morale, and his answer was “oh no, because most of these claims are for soft tissue injuries”. i’m not a doctor, but my understanding is that soft tissue injuries = back problems that are impossible to verify by xrays, cat scans, mri’s.

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