A task force designed to strengthen support for local law enforcement officers has come back with 17 recommendations. The Compensation of Police and Sheriffs (COPS) Task Force was appointed last spring by Lt. Governor Casey Cagle to study the salaries and compensation of Georgia’s local law enforcement officers and jailers, and was made up of legislative leaders, police officers, sheriffs, city and county officials.
Many recommendations focused on the Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund (POAB) including: work to make the POAB fund more fiscally sustainable in order to allow county jail officers to participate and save for retirement, and ask POAB to perform a study to determine whether required monthly contributions to the Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund should be increased (this would require legislation). The report also stated “the issue of decreased revenue from fine add-ons should be addressed by requiring all Pretrial Diversion Programs in the state to include add-ons that contribute directly to the POAB and the Peace Officer. Legislation will be proposed in January 2018.”
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