Post by Prosay on Dec 28, 2017 12:16:19 GMT -5
You will get your pension check the next month.
Don't bet on it if the "sword" is hanging over your head.
For some reason, you're unwilling to believe that the job can make your life a living hell if they want, on or off the job.
The law says that you won't lose your pension if convicted of a misdemeanor. It doesn't say your pension is totally secure from every administrative situation that exists. And even if it somehow is, one phone call to the pension section can slow it down to a stop if they want to, for as long as they want to.
Complain? Sure. Their answer will be, "sue us." The city may, in fact, lose the case that you bring, but your lawyer will get the first few checks to get the ball rolling again.
And, in the above scenario of owing the city money for some reason, the "negotiations" between the city and your lawyer will require some amount of repayment.
So maybe you will get a check, but the first few checks will be a little thin.
You're talking about a job in which one police commissioner "ordered" the cops to essentially do unconstitutional searches on otherwise innocent people, SOLELY for productivity numbers, and no other reason.
To say that they can't do such equivalent things to their own employees seems a little naive, don't you think?
There's someone here on this Board who has a name which actually reflects the status after you get out: "Retirement is Parole."