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Council moves to eliminate mandatory retirement age for MPD and Fire/EMS as part of retention push
Summary
The Council reported Bill 26‑358 to remove the 60‑year mandatory retirement age for MPD and Fire/EMS, keeping physical‑fitness standards in place; members debated recruitment, overtime and mental‑health screening before placing the bill on the consent agenda.
Council member Brooke Pinto brought Bill 26‑358, the First Responder Retention Efforts Amendment Act of 2026, to the Committee of the Whole. The bill would eliminate the mandatory retirement age of 60 for Metropolitan Police Department and Fire/EMS personnel while maintaining existing physical‑examination requirements through the police and fire clinic.
Pinto and colleagues framed the change as a retention tool intended to preserve institutional knowledge…
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