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NYPD officer retirement eligibility and retention strategies
1:36:22
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Council Member Ayala inquires about the NYPD's plan to retain officers eligible for retirement, given the current recruitment challenges. Commissioner Tisch explains the factors influencing retirement decisions and the department's focus on hiring to address attrition.
- 5,335 officers are eligible for retirement this year
- Factors influencing retirement include reaching 20 years of service and pension values tied to overtime
- Tisch emphasizes the importance of allowing officers to make the best decisions for themselves and their families
- The NYPD is prioritizing hiring efforts to meet attrition and ultimately increase the number of uniformed officers
Diana Ayala
1:36:22
let me see.
1:36:22
I don't wanna ask that.
1:36:25
We've already spoken about that.
1:36:32
Not gonna ask about that either.
1:36:34
Trying to make sure that I'm not being duplicative here.
1:36:37
Alright.
1:36:38
On the points of agreement oh, sorry.
1:36:41
This one?
1:36:46
Okay.
1:36:47
No.
1:36:47
No.
1:36:47
It's fine.
1:36:48
It's fine.
1:36:48
You mentioned in your testimony that I mean, we we understand that we have an attrition rate, you know, problem and hiring problem.
1:36:56
But you mentioned that you have 5,335 officers that are eligible for retirement this year.
1:37:03
What is your retention plan to try to get some of those officers to stay considering that you're having such a hard time recruiting?
Jessica Tisch
1:37:14
Each officer needs to make the right decision for themselves and their families.
1:37:19
That is what comes first.
1:37:23
The, higher than normal level that attrition that we may see this year is driven by a number of factors.
1:37:33
Among them, as I mentioned, twenty years ago we hired, we did a lot of hiring at the NYPD.
1:37:39
So a lot of officers this year are hitting their twentieth year and are newly eligible for retirement.
1:37:46
Add to that the fact that many of their pensions are the value of their pensions are dictated by how much overtime they earned the prior year and how much overtime was worked last year.
1:38:02
So I am not going to pretend like we can control who's going to retire or when or that any policies and procedures that I put in place will affect that.
1:38:18
Fact of the matter is we need to do a better job managing overtime and we can and we will.
1:38:24
And if officers make the decision that it's best for themselves and their families to retire, that'll happen.
1:38:30
The most I can do and what I'm very focused on doing is hiring, doing whatever I can to hire enough officers to meet attrition with the intent of ultimately raising the number of uniformed police officers that we have at the NYPD.