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AGENCY TESTIMONY
DEP Police Department and pension issues
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Commissioner Aggarwala discusses the challenges faced by the DEP Police Department, particularly regarding retention and pension benefits.
- DEP has its own specialized police force that patrols the watershed and critical infrastructure.
- The department struggles with retention due to pension benefit disparities compared to other police forces in New York State.
- DEP officers must wait until age 63 to retire, unlike other police who can retire after 20-25 years of service regardless of age.
- The police union is pursuing state legislation to address this disparity and allow DEP police to have the same pension benefits as other police departments in the state.
Rohit Aggarwala
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DEP has its own police department.
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Our specialized officers patrol the watershed and our critical infrastructure every day.
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We struggle with retention because we can't offer the same pension benefits as other police in New York state who can retire after twenty or twenty five years of service regardless of age.
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DEP officers must be 63 years old before they can retire because they have the same pensions as civilians.
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Our police union is pursuing state legislation that would erase this disparity by allowing DEP police to have a police pension like other police departments in the state.