<h1 class="entry-title">Category: NEPBA Police Updates</h1>

Is your police pension enough for a comfortable retirement?

By Megan Wells Pensions are a complex subject. States provide public employees with varying plans depending on age, amount of time in the service and employment levels within the public safety industry. Luckily, there are formulas to determine exactly how much you can expect to receive upon retirement, but sometimes those figures are less than […]

Gladys Knight sings 'Happy Birthday' during traffic stop

Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Police in Utah say an officer who pulled over soul singer Gladys Knight was treated to an impromptu rendition of "Happy Birthday." Pleasant Grove Police Capt. Mike Roberts says Knight was a passenger in the car stopped for speeding about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City on Wednesday […]

Okla. sheriff's office plans reform after scathing audit

Associated Press TULSA, Okla. — An Oklahoma sheriff's office that came under scrutiny after a volunteer deputy fatally shot an unarmed man proposed sweeping changes to its personnel and record-keeping practices on Thursday, in response to an audit accusing the agency of a "system-wide failure of leadership and supervision." Interim Sheriff Michelle Robinette said the […]