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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