Pension
How an age-old challenge and a new generation are chipping away at defined-benefit pensions
Officers must also check they are truly eligible for retirement before submitting their paperwork
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“They don’t give a rat’s behind about me,” the 31-year veteran said
The city has been in discussions with the family about moving the officer over to a disability pension in recent weeks
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Mayor Eric Garcetti and the unions representing police and firefighters proposed changing city ordinance so pension payments could be withheld from officers in DROP who don’t work at least 112 hours on active duty in any given month
California cops and firefighters are chipping in more money to pay for their pensions while the cities that employ them struggle to manage fast-rising retirement costs
In the absence of comprehensive tests for proving or disproving PTSD claims, LE administrators frequently express concerns with fraud and abuse
The partial ruling in favor of the police and fire unions, who have battled the city in court for years, was hailed by retirees
A city maintained that Officer David Martin, who suffered spinal injuries after being rear-ended in his squad car, did not have a line-of-duty injury
A new state law aimed at fixing the ailing pension fund may cause cops and firefighters to leave their shrinking departments
The pension system is at least $33 billion short of paying the retirement benefits for officers, firefighters and others over the next 30 years
Since the 2008 financial crisis, 74 percent of state pension plans and 57 percent of the largest local plans had cut some type of benefits or raised employee contributions
Mayor Mike Rawlings plans to testify about his opposition to the long-in-the-works bill
A pension might be padding for a comfortable retirement, but is it all you need?
At question in the debate over the future of police pensions is how much overtime should affect retirement
The pension board began discussing benefits Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz’s surviving family members should receive
Program’s cost has grown so fast it is endangering the entire $3.4 billion pension fund
A major association representing Detroit’s police and fire retirees has agreed to support a deal with the City of Detroit in which uniformed pensioners would not receive cuts
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