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14.2 In the event that a full-time sworn employee of the North Olmsted Potice Department should be injured while in the line of duty due to a sudden and accidental occurrence, and such injury has so incapacitated said member of the Police Department that he is temporarily unable to work, then the Director of Public Safety, after determining that said injury is work-related and is of a temporary nature, may autharize ninety (90) days sick leave. If after such ninety (90) day sick leave period, said employee is still temporarily incapacitated, then the Director of Public Safety sha.ll recommend to Council whether or not to continue said salary. Council shall forthwith review the matter and by majority vote, determine whether the employee shall continue to receive his full salary during recuperation. While off on line of duty sick leave, if in the opinion of the employee's doctor and a doctor chosen by the employer indicates the empioyee is capable of returning to work in a restricted duty position, the employee will be offered a restricted duty position. If the employee refuses the position, the use of authorized line of duty sick leave would terminate, and the employee would ha.ve to use their accumulated sick leave. For the purpose of this paragraph, a sudden and accidental injury shall include such incidents as an automobile accident, assault, gun shot wound and the like. It may not be considered as sudden and accidental if an injury or incapacitation results from lifting, slipping, tripping or falling. 143. Any full-time employee of the Police Department who qualifies for benefits under this Section shall be required to pay over to the City any amount received from the Bureau of Workers Compensation as supplemental wages. Further, if at any time the City determines, on the basis of inedical evidence, tha.t employee is permanently disabled and will no longer be able 21