The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the denial of accidental disability pension benefits for a former police officer with a mental injury.
Case: Carter v. Municipal Fire and Police Retirement System of Iowa, No. 23-1504, 11/13/2024, published.
Facts: Brooke Carter was a police officer for the City of Waterloo for more than 30 years.
During one of her shifts in December 2014, Carter and two other officers — Ben Bloker and Randall Hammitt — were dispatched to a disorderly conduct call involving Kelvin Plain Jr. The officers were warned that Plain was armed and dangerous.
Carter...
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