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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 authorize 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 shall 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. 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. 14.3. 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 medical evidence, that employee is permanently disabled and will no longer be able to carry on his duties, then the City may terminate payments and insist that employee go on a pension program. 14.4. Any employee who qualifies for the benefits under this Section, shall not have his accumulated sick time reduced because of a qualified accidental injury which occurred while in the line of duty. (19)