Deputy Who Killed Colleague to Get Retirement Pay
Orange County sheriff’s Deputy Brian P. Scanlan, who accidentally shot and killed a fellow officer during an impromptu training session on Christmas Day, 1993, has been granted a service-connected disability retirement in which he may receive about $2,100 a month.
The retirement plan for Scanlan, under federal investigation for possible civil rights violations in the death of Deputy Darryn L. Robins, was criticized by civil rights leader Eugene M. Wheeler, president of the civic group 100 Black Men of Orange County Inc.
“It is an affront not just to black people but to the citizens of Orange County,” Wheeler said.
Tom Bogdan, assistant administrator of the Orange County Employees Retirement System, declined Wednesday to discuss the nature of the disability or the amount of the retirement benefit.
But Robert MacLeod, general manager of the Assn. of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs, estimated that Scanlan, 33, will receive about $2,100 a month under a formula for service-related disability retirement.
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