Although I still feel 50, the planets have now aligned ("magic number" of 75 combining age 65 plus 10 years of service) so I can retire from my current law enforcement agency. It turns out that with my pension, Social Security, and other retirement plans from companies in the private sector kicking in, I'll be making almost as much retired as I was when I was working.
I'm going back to Dallas PD, where I spent 23 years in the reserve unit, and go back and work three or four days a month (all volunteer) to keep my certification and help out. I might work the streets a little, but would like to work an investigative division, too.
My wife and I are healthy and going to travel and do all of the stuff we couldn't while I was working. We might slow down a little in 20 years or so!
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Congratulations! And, thanks for keeping your feet in the water as a Reserve (you might not realize the "informal authority" you can carry from younger officers' perspectives.)
Congrats sir ! I retired from law enforcement a few years ago shy of four decades under my belt. As other said, you will wonder how you found time to work. I am busier now in retirement than I was working. My wife of 37 years is happier now that I am finally getting caught up with decades of home projects. Enjoy, well earned !
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"I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation."
Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.
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I retired about 3-1/2 years ago. Happy as a clam and having no trouble keeping my time as occupied as I want--which is sometimes not at all
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
