PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A state Retirement Board subcommittee is recommending that the full board reject the accidental disability pension request of a South Kingstown police officer who hasn’t worked since 2010.
The Providence Journal reports that the recommendation in the case of Damon Borrelli came in response to a judge’s ruling that overturned the Retirement Board’s earlier denial of his request for an accidental disability pension.
Borrelli, a veteran, says he was injured and suffers post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of an on-duty crash and confrontation with a drunken-driving suspect in March 2010. But the state retirement board ruled he doesn’t have a work-related disability.
Borrelli remains on injured-on-duty status and has received more than $550,000 in tax free salary, benefits and unused vacation time.
He currently works as a lawyer.
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Information from: The Providence Journal, http://www.providencejournal.com
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