The article is dead on about the lying politicians f--king over officers and future recruitment. Pension reform is a lot like sentencing reform and drug law reform, a total sham that will cost a lot more in the long run. The department will eventually have no choices but to reduce hiring standards or increase pay with 20 year pensions gone. The department has been lucky the last 10 years because of the recession and winding down of wars, pushing ex-military into law enforcement, but that luck may