Coderre filed for disability retirement with the board in December 2021. He was notified Jan. 6, 2022, that his termination was being contemplated by the city.

Coderre had been out on leave since August 2020, claiming several work-related injuries. He was paid more than $208,000 during that time.

NEW BEDFORD — When the city Retirement Board approved the retirement of former Deputy Fire Chief Paul Coderre Jr at its Jan. 27 meeting, it did so on a narrow 3-2 vote.

Coderre received $208,574 in injured-on-duty benefits while he was on injury leave during the 16-month period from August 2020 through the end of 2021, the city said.

Coderre was on leave from August of 2020 to the end of 2021. He claimed more than $200,000 in benefits after claiming to have suffered multiple work-related injuries in 2019.

Coderre collected more than $208,000 in injured-on duty-benefits when he was out. NBC10 tried to reach Coderre Thursday but has not heard back. His lawyer did not a call from NBC10.

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Paul Coderre, 55, of Dartmouth, was shot during a standoff with police around 5 p.m. outside the Bayside Lounge in Fairhaven, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.

Former New Bedford interim fire chief Paul Coderre, seen in this Standard Times file photo, was shot and killed in a Fairhaven after shooting an Acushnet police officer Friday, Dec. 29.

On more than one occasion, Coderre has presented facts and figures that were later proven false. The claims range from allegations that Montreal’s credit rating was going down (it isn’t) to ...