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Council probes retirements, overtime and pension calculations as police department faces staffing and fiscal pressures
Summary
Council members and staff discussed a trend of police retirements influenced by overtime and pension calculations tied to officers’ last years of service; members requested statistics on overtime patterns, recent retiree counts, and staffing plans to fill vacancies and reduce overtime costs.
Council members raised concerns about recent retirements in the Buffalo Police Department, focusing on how overtime in final service years can raise pension calculations and the effect of retirements on staffing and overtime costs.
Members asked for data showing whether officers increase overtime in the three years before retirement to maximize pensionable earnings. Staff and council members said some…
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