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The Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System (TSERS) for Law Enforcement Officers is available to employees who are actively serving in a position with assigned primary duties and responsibilities for the prevention and detection of crime or the general enforcement of the criminal laws of the State or serving civil processes, and you possess the power of arrest by virtue of an oath administered under the authority of the State. These employees must be in a permanent, probationary or time-limited positions of at least 9 months and 30 hours per week. 

 

The Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System is a defined benefit program. The employee contributes 6%, and the State contributes amounts that vary from year to year. State contributions fund the system and are not a part of the employees' individual account. Participants are vested in the State's contribution after five years of service. After one year of employment, members are automatically eligible for a death benefit equal to the amount of the employee's annual salary with a minimum payment of $25,000 and a maximum of $50,000. 

 

Retirees, please call:
1-877-733-4191 (toll-free)
919-733-4191 (within local calling distance)

Working employees, please call:
1-877-627-3287 (toll-free)
919-807-3050 (within local calling distance)

 

Retirement Benefits Estimator 

 

For more information about TSERS for State Law Enforcement Officers, please see the Online Catalog, or email or call Lisa Honeycutt at 232-5114. 

 

 

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