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 Danbury
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 32. PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT
 Article IV. POLICE DEPARTMENT

  § 32-104. Personnel covered; effect of military service; definition of pay; changes in pensions; duration, applications for retirement.  

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  • (a)

    The provisions of this article shall apply as provided for herein to present and future members of the regular paid Police Department of the City.

    (1)

    The Pre-1967 Police Pension Fund of Danbury shall remain in effect for the benefit of the following persons:

    a.

    All members of the regular paid Police Department who were serving in such capacity on the date of approval of Connecticut Special Acts (1949) January Session No. 512.

    b.

    All members or former members of the regular paid Police Department who were receiving a pension from the City on the date of approval of Connecticut Special Acts (1949) January Session No. 512.

    c.

    All members of the regular paid Police Department appointed to the department subsequent to the date of approval of Connecticut Special Acts (1949) January Session No. 512, but prior to July 1, 1967.

    (2)

    The 1967 Police Pension Fund of Danbury shall remain in effect for all members of the regular paid Police Department who were appointed to the department on or after July 1, 1967, and before April 20, 1983.

    (3)

    The 1983 Police Pension Fund of Danbury shall remain in effect for all present and future members of the regular paid Police Department who are or were appointed to the department on or after April 20, 1983.

    (4)

    The spouses, children and parents of the individuals described in subsections (a)(1), (2) and (3) of this section.

    (b)

    Each year, as shown on the records of the City Council, in which such present and future members have served the City shall be counted in determining the years of service for the purpose of retirement on a pension. Military service in time of war or national emergency shall be counted as continuous service in the Police Department by any member who entered military service while a member of the department and such member shall not be liable for any assessments during that time.

    (c)

    With respect to the Pre-1967 Police Pension Fund of Danbury and to the 1967 Police Pension Fund of Danbury and to the pension benefits of their respective members, the term "pay," as used in any applicable section of this article, shall be defined as the highest salary or compensation received by any regular member of either fund during the years in which such member served the City; and such pension when determined by the appropriate Board of Directors shall not thereafter be reduced, but shall be increased to correspond to any increase in salary received by members of the same grade and rank of such member while in active service of the department.

    (d)

    Any regular member of the 1983 Pension Fund who retires on or after March 15, 2006 and who has twenty-five (25) years of service or is age fifty-five (55) at the time of retirement shall be eligible for annual post-retirement adjustments to the member's pension benefit of two (2) percent per annum, payable starting the first of the month following the completion of five (5) years of retirement, except that adjustment to an eligible retiree's pension shall be two (2) percent per annum, payable starting the first of the month following the completion of one (1) year of retirement in the case of a retirement for disability incurred in the line of duty pursuant to section 32-107(b).

    (e)

    With respect to the 1983 Police Pension Fund of Danbury and to the pension benefits of the membership of such fund, the term "pay," as used in any applicable section of this article, shall be defined as the average of the annual straight-time earnings received by any regular member of the fund during the three (3) years of highest compensation.

    (f)

    Except as specifically provided for in this article, all pensions granted under this article to regular members of the Police Department shall be for the duration of their lifetimes.

    (g)

    All applications for retirement under this article by a regular member of the Police Department to the appropriate Board of Directors shall be acted upon and the member shall be retired within thirty (30) days of the date of the application, except as hereinafter provided.

(Code 1961, § 14-52; Ord. No. 432, 1-7-1992; Ord. No. 482, 12-7-1993; Ord. No. 663, 5-1-2007)