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QUINCY, Mass. —
John Ryan wore the uniform of the Quincy Police Department for more than 30 years before retiring as a sergeant on disability after a car accident.
Now his 41-year-old son, John Patrick Ryan, who works as a bar manager, wants to follow in his father's footsteps.
https://www.wcvb.com/article/changing-story-on-police-sergeants-crash-leads-to-favorable-treatment-for-son/31039139?fbclid=IwAR298OELoePiqX0-hedpKGDsAt98mShKtbRNeAl-1KXmR8CBtfzx22JAkiE
ut records obtained by 5 Investigates raise serious questions about the benefit.
The accident happened on Veteran's Day 2010. Sgt. Ryan was in his personal car. Department records initially said he was on his way to a Veteran's Day parade detail in uniform when he crashed, hitting his head on the windshield of his car. He was seriously injured, and according to motor vehicle records he was found at fault.
A work injury form says the sergeant was going back to a detail after a coffee break. But in 2012, two years after the accident, when Ryan was trying to retire on a disability, there was a whole new narrative, and the department's internal computerized records were even modified. There's no mention of that coffee or the parade detail.
