Retirees....how happy are you to be retired in today's anti LE society

[rcslotcar]

Good Luck micro911 !!

[BT JUSTICE]

Its hard to be happy about it...more like relieved. I feel bad for the kids going into the job. Its gonna be a lousy 15-20 years for them.

[gorn5150]

It took a couple of years to get used to not going to work. Retirement is great. I don't miss the job but it feels different being an outsider now. The way LE has changed in the 10 years since I retired and the way the media has negatively portrayed police really bothers me. I wouldn't go into LE now for anything. I took the position to do some good and I did. Now you are damned if you do and damned if you don't.

[micro911]

Good Luck micro911 !!

It could be a little sooner, also.

[gumby]

I know I am more happy beyond belief. A 100% for me on the scale of being over the BS.

Likewise, retired 9.5 yrs ago last week and never looked back :-)

[TeeMon5]

I've been retired a long time now but 1974 was my worse year. LEO deaths were much much higher than they are today. You had the press and militants and everyone else against you. We just didn't have the instant news/video stuff that they have now.

Where I worked you had to fight your way out if you made an arrest. Rocks, bottles, and stuff like that was common. And you had the mutual aid calls at UC Berkeley to respond to. Also, I think that cops back then with held their gunfire more so than today's cops. We went hands on rather than spray the suspects with gun fire. And, of course, we did not have the equipment that today's officers have.

[omgwtfbbq]

I will find out about it in about 215 days.

Ugh.... 23 more years minimum for me.

[eltee]

I miss the fun stuff, glad to be done with the unfun stuff. Still get a twinge when I see a unit blow by Code 3 or when a friend still in service talks war stories with me. However, I have the freedom and pension I earned and take pride that I got out alive and when the world wasn't quite so anti-cop.

[micro911]

Ugh.... 23 more years minimum for me.

Actually.... I told my people at the office that any two bad days in a row, and I am gone.

[Huntsprig]

I've been retired a long time now but 1974 was my worse year. LEO deaths were much much higher than they are today. You had the press and militants and everyone else against you. We just didn't have the instant news/video stuff that they have now.

Where I worked you had to fight your way out if you made an arrest. Rocks, bottles, and stuff like that was common. And you had the mutual aid calls at UC Berkeley to respond to. Also, I think that cops back then with held their gunfire more so than today's cops. We went hands on rather than spray the suspects with gun fire. And, of course, we did not have the equipment that today's officers have.

[1CavScout]

I talked to a friend and former partner this past weekend that is thinking of getting out early. He graduated the academy at 21 (just turned 21 before graduation) so he started young. He has almost 25 years on, but is still about 5 years from being 50. He is thinking about taking a lesser retirement and checking out now, and going to work another job. I tried to convince him to just hide the next 5 years, but he says he is sick of all the politics. Sad to see a good cop just check out early. I was reminded of this thread as I spoke to him.

[Nacho_Eater]

Heck, I'm ready to quit my job as an engineer and become a LEO.

I'm drawn to the challenge of it all.

[TripleThreat]

18% Cola so far. Never thought I'd be hook on coke, but I just can't get enough.

Triple

[rcslotcar]

Nacho_Eater: It's a great job! Maybe become a Reserve. There were lot of professionals doing reserve work. I trained several thru the years and we had a great time.

[veeklog]

7 years to my 25, and I can't wait to pull the pin. Job is sucking more and more, and is getting to the point where it is no longer fun. Hell, I might pull the pin in 20 and go do something else if it gets worse and take a hit on my pension.