By Tim White
WPRI.com
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Providence Mayor Angel Taveras said the undercover Target 12 video of a disabled firefighter weightlifting is “outrageous” and is calling for an independent doctor to review the disability pensions of hundreds of Providence retirees.
Mayor Taveras said he fully supports Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare’s call to open a criminal investigation in the Sauro case.
“I think it’s important these things be brought to the light of day and that people face the consequences,” Taveras said during a taping of Newsmakers. “We need to make sure the people out on disability are in fact disabled.”
Taveras was reacting to Target 12 undercover video of retired firefighter John Sauro pumping iron at a local gym, yet collecting a tax-free accidental disability pension for being hurt on the job.