Augustine v. Board of Police Pension Fund Commissioners

— Chapter 41.20, RCW, establishes a system of police relief and pensions in cities of the first class. RCW 41.20.120 provides;

“Sick benefits. Whenever any member of the police department, on account of sickness or disability, suffered or sustained while a member of the department, and not caused or brought on by dissipation or abuse, of which the board shall be judge, is confined to any hospital or to his home and requires nursing, care, or attention, the board shall pay the necessary hospital, care, and nursing expenses of such member out of the fund, and the salary of such member shall…