The City's personnel policy handbook contained the same provision. However, after the chief was hired he received a letter from the city manager, sent without approval of the city council, stating that he was entitled to all the rights of a police officer. After he was terminated, the chief sued the City, alleging breach of an employment contract, breach of statutory duty with regard to the City's collective bargaining agreement with its police officers and violation of his due process rights guaranteed by the Florida Constitution. In affirming summary judgment in favor of the City, the District Court of Appeal found that the supplemental letter specifically provided that it would not replace the original employment agreement, itself did not contain an express reference to a definite period of employment and therefore was not enforceable as an employment contract. Among other things, Mr. Carnegie established an investment fund to pay pensions, which became the prototype used by every defined benefit plan.
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These operations, and thus earnings, are affected by economic and political developments in foreign countries. Not since 1965 has the number of U.S. police officers dying in the line of duty been lower than last year. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund says 130 officers were killed in 1999, down from 156 in 1998. The fund attributes the decline to better training , increased use of bullet-resistant vests and overall drop in crime. Forty-five officers were shot to death.