Two officers grievously injured in the line of duty — one in the Boston Marathon bombing — could get rare 100 percent disability pensions, as city councilors are pushing to recognize their service and the lingering psychological trauma from the events that left them wounded.Officers Terry Cotton and Francis Jankowski were both injured in 2013 — Cotton during a shootout with a suspect and Jankowski when bombs went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon — and have been unable to return to work.
2 Wounded Boston Cops Could Get Full Pensions
By Dan Atkinson, Boston Herald
Sat, 04/14/2018 - 9:00pm
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Topics: Massachusetts Suffolk County Boston
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