Providence Mayor Angel Taveras said the undercover Target 12 video of a disabled firefighter weightlifting is "outrageous."

But Local 799 president Paul Doughty warned city officials need to address the systemic problem rather than stop with retired firefighter John Sauro.

Two Providence Retirement Board members are demanding an independent physician review the injury of a firefighter collecting a tax-free disability pension

The city took action after Target 12 revealed that a retired firefighter who collects a tax-free disability pension is also a dedicated weightlifter.

Retirement Board member John Igliozzi said he plans to raise John Sauro's pension at the next board meeting.

A retired Providence firefighter collecting a tax-free disability pension for an on-the-job shoulder injury is a dedicated weightlifter, an undercover Target

Tax-free accidental disability pensions will make up more than half the $29 million the Providence Fire Department spends on retiree payments this year.

Extended Target 12 undercover video of retired firefighter John Sauro – who collects a tax-free accidental disability pension – working out at a local gym.

The Target 12 Investigators have discovered more than half of all retired Providence firefighters are collecting a disability pension for being hurt on the