HIV-Positive Female Cop Suing City Over Pension Benefits

An unidentified female NYPD officer with HIV, named Jane Doe in court papers, is suing the city for denying her the tax-free "line-of-duty" disability benefits awarded to other male cops with HIV. Court papers obtained by the Daily News reveal that four male officers have been granted the full, tax-free benefits after contracting HIV in the line of duty: One who reached into a perp's underwear to retrieve drugs, another who was bitten on the hands, and a third who was cut by a razor blade while frisking a suspect. It's not known how the fourth cop contracted HIV, but he was the ex-boyfriend of Jane Doe, and the pension board ruled she was not infected in the line of duty. Instead, she was granted an ordinary disability pension along with eight other HIV-infected officers who were denied the tax-free pension.

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By John Del Signore in News on October 2, 2008 2:27 PM

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EmLocke12

I don't quite understand why the word 'Female' is part of the headline. If Jane Doe was awarded benefits and her HIV-positive cop boyfriend sued the city because he was not, would the headline read "HIV-Positive Male Cop"?

UnrepentantFenian

I believe the inference is that her boyfriend got aids line of duty, and prior to his diagnosis she was banging him and contracted the disease as well - I still don't see how that would count as line of duty unless the eloquent Quidnam's theory is correct.

Of course if his contraction was line of duty he would have been on AZT and a whole battery of other prophylactic drugs. If the person I'm about to fuck is on sucks down 15 pills as foreplay I might consider using a condom, or heading for the hills.

JenChungsBaby

That old cop car should be painted black, white and green like in the days when it was first used.

Novanglus

Absolutely incredible. REALLY cool looking cop car! Batmobile-style.

Quidnam

Obviously her commanding officer ordered her to have unprotected sex with her HIV-positive cop boyfriend, repeatedly.

Kinky bunch, the NYPD.

Snoopy

"It's not known how the fourth cop contracted HIV, but he was the ex-boyfriend of Jane Doe." Hmm? Maybe by a toilet seat that was not properly put down?

PathToWisdom

How did the Jane Doe get HIV in the line of duty ?

sex ?

Felix Hoenikker

Ah yes. They should have been more specific.

Tgirl

more bs

Quidnam

"What, did he give the guy a handjob? Did the cop have a gaping wound on his reaching hand?"

Perhaps there was a dirty needle stowed down there?

Felix Hoenikker

"One who reached into a perp's underwear to retrieve drugs, "

What, did he give the guy a handjob? Did the cop have a gaping wound on his reaching hand?