SK in CV wrote: As to the

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[quote=SK in CV]
As to the bolded part, no it isn’t. Average annual payment isn’t anywhere near that much. I’m 58 and have earned max SS wages for most of the last 35 years and my estimated SSDI would be under $30K a year. Doesn’t diminish the crime any. But when reporters make these kinds of simple to refute errors, you have to wonder about the rest of the story.[/quote]

Social Security Disability by itself is about $1300/month on average. Of course most fire and police have a separate disability fund that is run by the city they work for. For example NYPD has this program. http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycppf/html/tier_3/tier_3_disability_retirement.shtml

So for example a NYPD with 25 years of service making $100K per year would get $100 *(25*0.2) = $50K – (15K*.5) = $42500/yr.