Comments on: Milwaukee triathlete making $53k on disability

By: Ken Kesssner

Ken Kesssner — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:03:18 +0000

I am a 58 yo retired Los Angeles Police Sergeant, and currently a commercial pilot flying business jets. I was also a triathlete in the 1980’s. I have had one knee operation, two rotator cuff repairs on my right shoulder & one on my left. While “technically” judged to be partially disabled after my first shoulder surgery, I not only returned to duty with the LAPD SWAT team, but was able to achieve a maximum score on our quarterly fitness test! I was able to do that through hard work & dedication. This man is a fraud and a disgrace. He is a prime example of why people lack respect for police officers.

By: Just a Small Glitch in the System | The Unbroken Window

Just a Small Glitch in the System | The Unbroken Window — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:20:46 +0000

[…] Overlawyered brings us this: Taxpayers are paying former police officer Dave Orlowski $53,063 a year of tax-free disability payments, though he’s fit enough to compete in several triathlons a year. An old court decision permits Orlowski to refuse desk work after since he injured his shoulder in 1999. […]

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:18:32 +0000

Yeah, but he’d be a decathlete if he weren’t disabled!

By: Invid

Invid — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:22:03 +0000

I wouldn’t bet on that Joe…

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:04:42 +0000

Well, now that you’ve published the story, he’ll probably find his disability payments cut.

By: Sara B.

Sara B. — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:08:37 +0000

As an ex-Milwaukee-an, this does NOT surprise me in the least. I honestly don’t think much could surprise me about that area of the world.

By: Shtetl G

Shtetl G — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:59:31 +0000

Here is what i don’t understand. Part of the settlement is that he has to have a yearly physical. Why haven’t the more recent physicals changed his disability status? Maybe he was disabled in 2000 but now he seems “cured”.