Leave for Injury Occurring on Duty. (This paragraph applies only to Police Officers.) If an employee is injured while on official duty and while actively engaged in the preservation of life and property or while performing his/her normal duties (ref. Section G OUPD Firearms Policy Statement Dated 10/25/80), the Employer shall continue to pay the employee's full salary and benefits until the employee is able to return to work or for a period of twelve (12) months, whichever is less. The sums to be paid hereunder by the Employer shall be reduced by any benefits received by the employee pursuant to any long or short term disability insurance policy, workers' compensation coverage or any other insurance or benefit provided to the employee by the Employer; and no employee shall be entitled to receive a combination of salary and benefits from the Employer during any period of such disability greater than he/she would have received during the same period had he/she been actively at work.
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