Here is the problem with pensions for police and firefighters: The job is physically demanding (and emotionally draining), and they can’t work past a certain age. You can’t have 50-year-old cops trying to chase down and wrestle a 20-year-old guy. So, what to do? You can’t turn them loose with nothing.
Now pensions for bureaucrats who create nothing but paperwork and hassles... that’s a different matter.
Its called desk jobs and support. NO EXCUSE giving them pensions at 50.