White gets pension amidst controversy
The city Police and Fire Pension Board voted Thursday to grant retirement to a police officer who was arrested last month on federal corruption charges, despite the Board of Police Commissioners’ vote to terminate him last week.
Mayor John DeStefano’s office expressed outrage at the retirement approval as well as the board’s decision to give the officer, Lt. Billy White, an annual pension of $91,000.
The debate at the meeting was not about whether or not White should get his pension, but about whether he had technically retired before the police commissioners voted to fire...
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