Meeting Time: August 30, 2022 at 9:00am HST
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GREAT-4(2) Reso 22-200 MAUI COUNTY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE (RESOLUTION 22-200, RELATING TO REMOVAL OF THE MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR POLICE OFFICER RETIREMENT) (GREAT-4(2))

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    In most states a police office is eligible to retire after 20 years of service. I strongly support changing our retirement eligibility back to 25 years.

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    I strongly support the removal of the age requirement, in an effort to keep officers on the job. I also suggest they bring back the 25 years from 30, and medical for the spouse, to help with recruiting.

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    I oppose this removal

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    Support this 💯

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    I support in the removal of the minimum age requirement for Police Officer retirement. Maui Police Department is trying to recruit officers and to retire after 25 years of service will help recruit officers.

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    I am in favor of a 25 year pension

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    I support this resolution as a way of helping to keep and recruit quality officers.

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    I strongly support our hardworking police officers in being able to retire after their 25 years of service. They deserve this.

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    I agree that our police officers has the right to retire early. Because their job is very demanding and stressful.

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    I strongly support the change back to working 25 years as a current officer myself. Being a police officer, working long hours, pushing my body to physical exhaustion and increased deterioration it is not easy to be in this field. I love what I do, but I also want to be heard on how physically and mentally taxing this career can be. With such a high turnover rate and new officers coming in then leaving for the mainland it makes it more of a challenge to work in an already understaffed line of work.

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    I would like to support this resolution.

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    I strongly support this resolution.

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    All shopo members and their families need the years of service back down to 25 at a minimum. The stress and ware and tare on our minds and bodies add up after decades of service. Mahalo.

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    25 years is plenty of time feeling stressed always been on alert protecting their community.

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    I support 25 years is long enough. An officer takes a lot of stress daily. 25 years is long enough.

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    I strongly support this change. It would help with the recruiting of young officers and to help retain them from leaving to mainland departments that requires only 20 - 25 years. I had multiple recruit classmates that left the department to a mainland department due mostly to retirement benefits.

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    Our Police deserve to retire early because of the stress they go through on daily bases.

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    Working as a police Officer is extremely stressful and difficult for many older officers due to natural physical deterioration, as well as the fact that there are always young men and women stepping into the criminal role yet officers age.

    There are numerous documented health risks with the profession if an officer puts in their 25 years of service and feels compelled to leave due to physical or psychological damage, they should be afforded the opportunity to retire and hopefully be able to enjoy good health in retirement. 25 years of service as a police officer is very commendable. Requiring an age be met also can be a deterrent when attempting to attract candidates for the field of work.

    Police departments nation wide are struggling to acquire qualified individuals, the State and counties need to make the retirement package better to attract qualified candidates.

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    Those men and women who protects my family dearly deserves to retire after 25 years of service regardless of their ages. 25 years is a bit too long for police officers before retiring. They have to sacrifice and endure a lot of bad approaches from a lot of bad people. 20 years of solving crimes and enduring negative lifestyles should be the maximum retirement for our officers.

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    Guest User about 2 years ago

    I support this decision because I am one of those employees who got in at a young age and will be affected by the pour decision of our predecessors.