Police officers in Miramar who call out sick will now get a home visit from a supervisor, a move the police union president is calling a morale killer.

A June 4 memo from Miramar Police Chief Delrish Moss announced the new policy.

"Effective immediately, all supervisors are required to conduct a home visit for every individual who calls in sick," the memo reads, in part. "This measure is intended to ensure integrity of sick leave usage and maintain departmental accountability."

Moss defended the policy on Friday.

"We had a situation when I first got here where several people called in sick and we kind of found out that a bunch of them were hanging out because they wanted to watch a game," Moss said. "And that cost us money in my first year here, we wanna make sure that those things are

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