What is the average age of retirement for Policemen and Women...?

Question

Does it vary country to country............................

Answer 1

if they start their career in their 20's and service of 25 years; about 40 to 50. 25 years is the minimum amount of years to work as a cop to get the pension. they can work longer if they want

Answer 2

20 to 30 years service is the average span of a law enforcement career and is dictated by the agency type, jurisdiction, state of the officer. Federal Law enforcent agencies can retire with 20 years service whereas some states treat it as any other state employee and require 30 years service and a minimum retirement age of 50 or 55. Other agencies are controlled by the local unit of government and call fall to either end or somewhere in the middle.

Answer 3

In Calif. it is 55 years of age on most larger Depts. Several years ago L.A. P.D. retired a detective at 70 years of age. Many departments are extending the retirement age. San Bernardino Ca. Just offered their retired officers to come back to duty because they could not recruit new officers. I retired at 55 years of age, but I had the body of a 52 year old.

Answer 4

Retirement from most police departments is 20 or 25 years of service usually a half pay of the final year of service.

Most departments under civil service have vested interest after 10 years of service where you can receive a pension at 55 years of age.

Answer 5

The standard for Policemen is about 25 years. I don't mean to sound sexist but , honestly, I have never seen a police woman work until retirement.

Answer 6

It varies from dept to dept and the age of the officer when they got hired on. Most depts you have to serve at least 20 yrs to get a good retirement package.