Bellevue Police Officer Kevin Bereta is still recovering from a nasty fall onto I-5 last August while escorting Vice President Kamala Harris’ motorcade.
“The task requires you to travel at high speeds and to maneuver at high speeds. It’s because the motorcade, the secret service moves at high speeds from one location to the next for security purposes so he was just doing his job.” Officer Bereta spent about a month in the hospital after suffering a list of lengthy injuries from several fractured bones, torn or severed ligaments, and spinal cord injuries. The officer’s recovery clock started ticking, because of the injury clause in the Bellevue Police Officer’s Guild contract.Day 181 hits Friday, and the Bereta’s will have to switch to Cobra Alternative Health Insurance.
In addition, the City of Bellevue works very closely with injured employees to explore all options and ways to prolong their city-provided benefits to the greatest extent possible, which includes offering light duty work when appropriate as a means to retain city-provided health coverage.