Chronic Weenie Wacker Wheaton Police Officer Thomas Sommerfield fired for watching porn testifies in unique pension battle

After 23 years rushing to tragedies, Thomas Sommerfield said the graphic scenes he witnessed as a Wheaton police officer often play like a "running slideshow" in his head, exacting an emotional toll that is difficult to escape.

"It's just very depressing and something I can't get out from under," he said during a recent police pension board hearing.

His testimony marked the first public comments Sommerfield, 47, has offered since he applied for disability pension pay more than two years ago. The application came days before his Jan. 22, 2014, termination for watching porn on the mobile computer in his squad car.

His request has sparked hotly contested proceedings before Wheaton's police pension board. While claims related to post-traumatic stress aren't unique in law enforcement, the timing in Sommerfield's case raised red flags for some city leaders, who are fighting his claim.

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