How long before you will retire?

[yzErnie]

Thought this would be kind of a cool perspective to get an idea of the general age demographics of this forum. I'd like to give this a little time and then compose some stats to provide everyone.

This is mainly for the LEOs and non-sworn employees of law enforcement but if a civilian wishes to add please indicate if you are in the civilian work force.

All of this could change rapidly for me depending our current re-negotiation of our contract. If our association (and membership) are going to allow us to lose our pay raises for this contract I may be gone as early as June 30th of this year. But otherwise;

I'll start....

1 year
8 months
14 days
or
307 - 12hr work days

[alex00]

I have 15 years left. I'm almost at the halfway point.

[Ron-Solo]

8 months.........but's who's counting. That will be 32 years and 8 months.

I've been off work for a month on an injury that may end my career earlier than planned, and my immediate supervisor (Captain) hasn't even called to say hello. Go figure.

[Spyder]

Hmmmm...somewhere between 28 and 35 or so years?

[CAL.BAR]

Retire? Hell I'm an atty - not an airline pilot! Just burry me out behind the courthouse someday.

[Calm Down]

16 years 4 months 3 weeks ? days. October 2026

[CaptMike]

15 more years to go. I have to do 25 total for the lifetime medical. When I hit 25 years, I am done.
I hope you feel better LT.

[SVT-40]

yzernie you should get in touch with your Assoc's negotiating team about adding a clause for those who retire to keep any current benefits. In fact it may be in the city's interest to allow you to retire and or future with current benefits intact Vs. staying and receiving lesser benefits.

Are you with PERS or another retirement system?

I retired Dec 2006 after 29 years. Retirement is GREAT!!!

[mlatino]

26 years to 50 (87%).
27 years to 90% at 51.

[El Gato]

about a year and a half earliest... or three consecutive bad days......whichever comes first.....

but if McDonald and a couple of other cases come down ... maybe earlier...depending .... if the firearms training business keeps growing... I might have to retire earlier just to keep up with the business...working 7 days a week way too much...

[alex00]

All of this could change rapidly for me depending our current re-negotiation of our contract. If our association (and membership) are going to allow us to lose our pay raises for this contract I may be gone as early as June 30th of this year.

Last year our membership voted to defer our equity raises for several years, in an attempt to save $12M, and about 70-80 jobs. There was a clause written in that those members at retirement age could keep the equity raise so as not to affect their last years pay. Hopefully your association can add similar language, especially if your retirement is based on single highest year.

[jmatt511]

27 in. I'm already out.

[fal_762x51]

Way to long.

[veeklog]

Thirteen left to go to be eligible for retirement; twenty-five at fifty.

[larryb]

I have a little over 16 years of service and 10 more years before i turn age 50 and retire. I still have a ways to go but at least i am well past the half way point and can see the light at the end of the tunnel.