[Marie2]

I hear with the jail keepers, prison guards, it’s TEN years.

[herMANroberts]

http://www.dpa.ca.gov/collbarg/contract/BU5Contract2006-2010Final.pdf

You hear wrong. You can search for the state of Cal labor contracts and look up the retirement benefits.

The one above is CHP and the correctional officers is the same. If you want to see the COs it's unit 6.

[herMANroberts]

The typical Law Enforcement contract in Cal is 3% X years of service X top year of salary excluding overtime.

It used to be 3% at 55. But several years the unions got the age dropped and it spread all over the law enforcement agencies local and state.

Then the stock market went down and everyone panicked since a large portion is invested in the market.

With the market back up, don't know why it hasn't "bailed out" the retirement funds.

Medical care may be too much to bail out with just the fund dividend.