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What does DROP stand for?

Deferred Retirement Option Plan (employee benefit)


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Commission members also discussed the option of the Retirement Systems of Alabama's Deferred Retirement Option Plan, heard concerns from resident Duron Harris about the county's current flood plan and heard from Rita Williams concerning funds for the Council on Aging's transportation plan.
The LAPD's Deferred Retirement Option Plan, or DROP, provides incentives to veteran officers and firefighters who agree to postpone their departure.
That scenario is made possible by an optional program called Teacher Deferred Retirement Option Plan, or T-DROP.
The majority of those additional deputies, about 160, would come by implementing a deferred retirement option plan in which deputies could agree to push back their retirements while their pensions would go into an interest-earning account.
Taub August, Page 18 Watching Washington: What to Look for in 2005 Susan Gaffney and Barrie Tabin Berger FEDERAL FOCUS February, Page 53 DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLANS (DROP) Eyes Wide Open: The Pros and Cons of Deferred Retirement Option Plans Robert Dezube and John Garrett December, Page 30 DERIVATIVES Understanding Municipal Derivatives David L.
The department's Deferred Retirement Option Plan, started in 2002, was designed to ease the crunch by allowing officers to retire but remain with the LAPD for five additional years as their pension goes into an escrow account.
The deferred retirement option plan, or DROP, is the most common public sector phased retirement plan.
Deferred Retirement Option Plans (DROP) To retain retirement-age teachers, several states are employing a different strategy--the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (or Program), otherwise known as DROP.

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