Cop wounded in shooting says he’s being forced to retire
By: Pat Tomlinson, The Hour
NORWALK, Conn. — The Police Commission accepted Officer Phillip Roselle’s retirement on Monday.
While Mayor Harry Rilling said Roselle’s family was “very pleased” with the pension agreement, the retiring officer — a 31-year veteran who was shot and permanently injured in a September 2017 training accident — felt the city should do more for him.
“This is nothing but a forced retirement. I was shot by somebody who was irresponsible. I got a bullet in my chest that I can’t get rid of, and now I have kidneys that don’t work and a hand that doesn’t work — that’s what I got for 31 years of service,” Roselle said. “They don’t give a rat’s behind about me.”
