West Palm Beach has agreed to provide medical evaluations for dozens of police officers who claim they’ve become ill due to widespread mold contamination at the city’s police headquarters.
More than 100 police officers have filed injury reports related to mold that has been discovered on every floor of the police headquarters building, according to an attorney for the West Palm Beach Fraternal Order of Police. The number represents about a third of budgeted positions for sworn officers.
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West Palm Beach to cover medical costs for police officers sickened by mold
According to records obtained from a public records request, around 41 different areas of the West Palm Beach Police Headquarters building need mold or malodor remediation. The mold was found throughout all three floors and the building’s basement, as well as multiple senior command staff offices and hallways across the building…