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Pelham honors two first responders with Wounded Blue awards, council echoes support for pension change
Summary
At its Jan. 5 meeting Pelham City Council hosted the Wounded Blue organization to present awards to two locally injured first responders, while officials urged state-level changes to pension eligibility for catastrophic on-duty injuries.
Pelham — At its Jan. 5 council meeting, Pelham City leaders and members of the Wounded Blue organization presented honors to two local first responders who were seriously injured in the line of duty.
Chief Ed Delmore introduced the program and described the Wounded Blue award as an effort to recognize officers who have suffered catastrophic injuries and to support their families. "We have a huge gap in the RSA pension system," Delmore said, calling it "wrong" that "an officer has to be on 10 years before they become eligible for such a pension." He said local representatives are working with the city to change that rule.
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