This sort of excess is financially unsustainable by the taxpayers. As a result, you now have states like Illinois and Connecticut on the brink ok bankruptcy. Reform appears to be impossible. The unions won’t budge. As a result, they kill the golden goose.
The current younger or middle-aged police will never see more than a small percentage of their pension in many states.
That is one reason they know they need to get what they can while they can.
It is amazing how good non-accounting people are at accounting when it comes to their own account!