NYPD Cop Who Retired With Knee Injury, $66G Pension Regularly Runs TriathlonsBY Graham Rayman, Edgar Sandoval, Stephen Rex BrownNY Daily News Feb. 10, 2016 |
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Add a runner who recently competed in an Escape from Alcatraz triathlon to the rogues gallery of NYPD cops who retired on a taxpayer-funded disability pension. Rachel Niccoll, who spent 13 years on the force before retiring in 2009, receives the generous pension package that pays her $66,083 a year, plus benefits — and also regularly runs races in New York, records show. A letter to the Daily News signed “concerned citizen” said Niccoll, 44, suffered a knee injury on the job. “She has, since retirement, been able to participate in several grueling sports events which many able body full duty (Members of the Service) would have a hard time participating much less finishing,” the letter read. “Why am I doing this? Many truly deserving individuals have been denied or put through the ringer to get their benefits.” The New York City Police Pension Fund confirmed Niccoll — who worked in the 24th Precinct on the Upper West Side — received the disability pension but would not reveal the nature of her injury. Read More |