Lifestyle & Retirement

In the Lifestyle & Retirement section you’ll find expert columns and articles on topics ranging from retirement and finance to off-duty hobbies, marriage advice, second jobs, and more, to prepare you for your career and life after you've pulled the pin!

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Building financial strength in LEO families: Pension, investing and retirement accounts
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As a police officer, you spend a ton of time training to ensure your safety on the job. But what about your financial safety? In this video, Nick Daugherty explains how you can build financial security for your retirement. This is the fifth of a seven part series on financial planning for cops.

Nick Daugherty is a retired Sergeant from the Grand Prairie, Texas PD and has taught thousands of officers how to build financial strength by living a debt-free lifestyle and building wealth through proper savings and retirement planning. He’s also coached hundreds of families on how to get out of debt and navigate financial crises. He additionally manages retirement assets for numerous first responders, from line police and fire personnel all the way up to numerous police and fire chiefs. Contact Nick Daugherty or follow him on Facebook and Twitter. www.buildingfinancialstrength.com
How earning an online degree helped one state trooper prepare for the future
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Lt. Julie Scribner of the Vermont State Police earned her bachelor’s degree to get ready for a promotion and is working on her master’s to plan for a career after retirement
Book Excerpt: Badges and Budgets
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If you're tired of living with the OT cycle – spending more because you've worked more, which only causes you to have to work more – then read on
How a former LEO now serves through private security
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Mark Phillips uses his policing skills to serve the community and earn a living in the private sector with a Signal 88 Security franchise
11 fantastic discounts for law enforcement officers
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Many merchants offer special discounts to LEOs as a "thank you" for their service
2 Calif. officers end nearly 30-year partnership
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In the Los Angeles Police Department, partners typically last a year or two in the same car, but three decades is unheard of
Philly eased police residency requirements. Then the exodus began
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In 2010, their union won a battle to end the residency requirement for members with at least five years on the job
Baltimore plans to offer $2,500 a year property tax discount for police, firefighters
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Fewer than one in five Baltimore police officers live in Baltimore, according to police data
Policing Matters Podcast: What cops should do 5 years prior to retirement
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Jim and Doug discuss how to lay the foundation for a long and enjoyable retirement
Policing Matters Podcast: Police pensions on the precipice
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Jim and Doug discuss the prickly issue of public safety pensions
13 July 4th discounts for active military and veterans
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Looking for something to do over the Fourth of July weekend? Check out these discounts for military families and veterans
8 reasons to keep a law enforcement scrapbook
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After your career comes to a close, you will be able to open up the scrapbook years later and realize that George Bailey is not the only one who had a wonderful life
Baltimore officer finalist in PETA's 'Sexiest Vegan' contest
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Officer Michael Baysmore says he went vegan to make the world "a kinder, safer place for all, including animals"
Financial fitness for law enforcement officers
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The financial health of officers is extremely important to help reduce stress, alleviate ethical issues, maintain security clearances, and stop living paycheck-to-paycheck
What is the role of religion and spirituality in policing?
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Many officers take the stress they experience from their job back to their home lives, which can cause even more turmoil
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