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Wayne County sheriff warns of mass retirements, asks commission for pension actuarial study
Summary
Sheriff Raphael Washington told the Ways and Means committee the sheriff's office faces 57 retirements in 2026 and 92 in 2027 and urged an actuarial study to assess raising the pension multiplier so deputies do not leave for higher retirement benefits elsewhere.
Sheriff Raphael Washington told the Wayne County Ways and Means committee that the sheriff's office could lose scores of experienced officers to retirement in the next two years and asked the commission to fund actuarial work to assess changes to the county pension multiplier.
"We're in a position now where in a couple of years we'll be over 100 people who are eligible to leave," Washington said, asking the committee to act before contract negotiations and to consider whether the county pension can be adjusted to be more competitive.
Kevin Tolbert, chief of staff to the sheriff, told the committee the office currently has about 260 certified police officers; 57 will be eligible to retire in 2026 and another…
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