by Tim Lynch
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Barnes is one of two officers collecting disability because of injuries sustained while still in the police academy.The other, Michael Terrano, injured a knee 17 years ago, underwent surgery, then refused to return to work and was fired.
Despite that, he is getting disability checks that so far have totaled more than $560,000.
Terrano is also in business. He recently was part of a company hoping to sell medical marijuana in Arizona.
Of all the Chicago cops on disability leave, Barnes spent the least amount of time on the job ? those 10 days in the police academy, which he entered six months before his father retired from the police department.
Despite not making it through two weeks at the academy, Barnes stands to collect a total of at least $1.2 million from the city?s police pension fund.
He can keep collecting his annual disability payment ? which now stands at $46,343 and which will increase as the salary for an entry-level patrolman goes up ? until he reaches mandatory retirement at age 63. Then, he can retire with a full police pension ? based on all of his years as a disabled officer.
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