Q. I’ve been an employee for more than 30 years. However, four of my permanent years were taken away from the law enforcement 20-year retirement. So I have 18.5 years of LE retirement. My age is 60. Is there talk of an early-out for National Park Service employees? I need to wait for the LE retirement to kick in as I would get almost twice as much in retirement.
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Q. I am an 1811, GS-13, Step 9, federal law enforcement officer. I was activated, under Title 10 for 13 months in 2012. I deployed to Afghanistan. I am eligible to retire from my federal employment. How does the Office of Personnel Management calculate my high-3 for retirement purposes, if one of my high-3 years would have been during the time I was deployed?
Q. I work for a law enforcement department that has LEO and when I am eligible to retire, I will be 51 years old but I will only have 17 years of LEO although I will have 25 years under the Virginia Retirement System. Will I qualify for any kind of LEO benefit?
Q. If you have 14 years law enforcement (6c coverage) and switch to nonlaw enforcement and retire with 30 years at the minimum retirement age, would you calculate the rate at 1.7 percent x 14 years and 1 percent for the remaining 16 years, or do you lose all of the law enforcement benefits?
Q. I have a CSRS law enforcement retirement. I am 63 and have been retired for 13 years. I married under recent same sex Defense of Marriage Act ruling. Is there any way I can elect to sign up for reduced survivor benefits for my spouse, say 5 percent to 10 percent, to preserve her federal health benefits should I predecease her? A retired postal worker said such an option exists and would also require me to make a “reduced” survivor benefit deposit, as well.
Q. I am a law enforcement specialist with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center at the Cheltenham facility. I have more than 20 years in federal law enforcement between the Federal Protective Service and the U.S. Park Police. My current position is a 6(c) covered position. Am I required to retire at age 57?
Q. I have 11 years as an 1811 and am considering moving into a noncovered position. I know I will ultimately have to do 30 years, but how will my 11 years as an 1811 (6c covered) be calculated at that 30-year mark? Will the first 11 years be counted at 1.7 percent and the remaining 19 years a 1 percent per year?
Q. Does a law enforcement officer or firefighter have to work 20 years consecutively to be eligible for special retirement coverage? Also, if an applicant is beyond his/her 37th birthday, could the agency hire them for the LEO or firefighter position?
Q. Can you tell me if I would get a full 48 percent when I retire at age 57 from 6(c)? I started working with the federal government as a non-law enforcement officer under FERS in 1997 and continued for 12 years (12 percent). In 2009, I was hired into a position that is 6(c) and plan on retiring at 57 with 36 percent. When I retire from my 6(c) position, will be able to draw on the fed 12 percent, or do I have to wait?
Q. I am in a secondary law enforcement position, with more than three years in a primary LE position. I began working at age 23. If I moved for a secondary LE position after my 20 years (43 years old), i.e. another government agency position to a non-LE position, could I still retire at age 48? Do I have to do all 25 years in a primary/secondary LE position, or am I vested with 20 years?