Put in my papers today

[RO56]

Congrats, mcsap. Enjoy your new career.

[egpenny]

Happy retirement, although it sounds like you'll be keeping busy. Hope your last day is a peice of cake!

[mpdcjock]

Congratulations!

Enjoy 2012!

[McNulty]

I have been working PT for a large construction company in their safety dept. Doing....DOT inspections on their own equipment in the hard before they head out. I also do weighing for them. With over 1,000 trucks between all of their companies, I have lots of trucks to look at. I give them a full DOT inspection just like I would do in all of my years of Comm Enforcement. And I do find stuff.

I also have been doing DOT inspections for other companies . My moat recent customer was next to New York City where I have been one day a month over the last three months doing their trucks. I sell myself as the benefit of a full DOT inspection without any fines or expensive roadside repairs. Although NYC. is a
4 hour drive , i leave at 0330....it pays very well.

i am going to continue doing both jobs and see how well it works out. i will also solicit local comp0anies after i actually retire.

Wow, a company running CMVs that actually cares about safety of their vehicles, what a concept!

What's police retirement like in PA that 25 years is an "early" retirement? You're making me feel better about our retirement system...

[mcsap]

I leave at half pay based on the average of the last 3 years I worked. That includes all OT . holiday pay and a 50 day sick leave buyback. I actually ended up at 69% with all of the OT I managed to do over the past three years.

I also get 50% paid medical now and 75% paid when I turn 55.

I have been in the DROP pension since last April and they are buying me out of the remaining 15 months of the DROP to get me to leave early. It is a sizeable amount

My benefits are frozen and cannot be changed during a subsequent contract. We also get a COLA in our pension.

[Ispbear]

Happy Retirement Day MCSAP

[patchcop]

Good Luck

[canuckofapeach]

All my best to you on your retirement. Wonder how long it'll be until your wife starts complaining you're always underfoot.

[mcsap]

No worries Peach I am putting in 40+ hrs per week at my new job. I didn't retire to not work , I did it to take another job

[Jim1348]

No worries Peach I am putting in 40+ hrs per week at my new job. I didn't retire to not work , I did it to take another job

Wow, that is what I did, too. In fact, in about 4 1/2 years I will be eligible for another defined benefit pension!

[greenlead]

I was offered an early retirement buyout today which has been in the works for about 2 months . I accepted it and my.last official day will be Friday 12-31.

I started with this dept on March 10 , 1986. I started out driving a 1982 Dodge with half the horsepower of todays V6 cars. No cell phones. No computers , we used a typewriter ! Carried a Ruger revolver. Had.a 2 channel portable radio. I knew where all of the pay phones were because that's how we called in to dispatch. All reports were handwritten except the serious cases which the admin ladies typed for us. Evidence was logged in big books full of property sheets. The average citation was $27.50.

Things certainly have changed. I would do it all over again but now I have a good opportunity to move forward into a second career , one without all of the responsibility and demands that I have.

To those seeking a job in LE , I am glad to make room for you.

I'm sorry I wasn't here to say it when you posted this, but congratulations on your retirement. Thank you for your service, and I wish you well in your future endeavors.