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Old Smokey Newsletter PATROL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COLORADO STATE Old Smokey Newsletter PATROL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Volume 23, Number 1 January, 2012 Special points of interest: • A different approach to a Thoughts from the President similar problem in Rhode Island A belated Happy Thanks- ACSPP and the down-side giving, Merry Christmas of vong a party cket • PERA news—the assault on the organization continues and Happy New Year. instead of the people. from what is becoming the Mary Ann Adams gave an usual source. On behalf of CSPAA, we update on Credit Union Ken Shiflet, • 5 Troopers are honored wish to express our sin- acvies. Joe Mikita CSPAA President with Valor Awards cere appreciaon to Doro- managed a raffle benefit Inside this issue: thy Sutherlin and Pat Lohf that earned $128 for wages paid to employees for arranging our annual ACSPP. have not. Joe proposed all Christmas luncheon at Joe Mikita, CSPAA Rep- members of CSPAA con- When did these 2 DiCicco's Restaurant, in resentave on the ACSPP sider defraying the cost of occur? Arvada. Seventy-one Board of Directors, ad- our $5,000 life insurance members and guests were dressed the group at the policy, presently carried at A different ap- 3 in aendance, including CSPAA annual meeng in the expense of ACSPP, in proach to pension Chief Jim Wolfinbarger Grand Juncon about the the amount of $3 per reform in R. I. and his wife, Gina. Chief financial condion of month per member. Dis- Wolfinbarger spoke about ACSPP and how the reces- cussion followed and a Museum update 4 the CSP response to sion has influenced day to moon was made, se- "Occupy Denver." Chief day business. Quite frank- conded, and passed call- PERA News 5 Lonnie Westphal (Rered) ly, the costs of doing busi- ing for each CSPAA mem- addressed issues with ness have risen, but the ber to voluntarily contrib- Health & Welfare 7 (Continued on page 7) ACSPP News 8 Who has joined CSPAA, lately? With each membership year end, the total number of members changes. Some opt out, others opt in. Retirements 9 The reason often given for non-renewal is “I don’t know any of those people promoted or trans- Promotions & 10 ferred.” The way I see it, the ones WE cater to are those who are retired, but to each his own. Transfers • Lyndon Skinner Silverton, CO September 29, 2011 Valor Award recipi- 11 ents & Comm. Ofc. • George Snow Golden, CO October 3, 2011 of the Quarter • Tom Medina Littleton, CO November 1, 2011 That lousy joke 12 • Tom Wilcoxen Albuquerque, NM November 9, 2011 • Brian Wilson Northglenn, CO November 22, 2011 • Jesse Smith Julesburg, CO December 12, 2011 As of this writing, there are 365 members in CSPAA Page 2 Old Smokey Newsletter 2nd Tuesday Coffee Some me back, Chester exchange of vital recollecons. Roberts organized a regular For the record, this is meeng of CSP rerees and not just a uniformed asked that anyone wishing to member funcon – if parcipate in a “the-first-liar- you rered as a civil- doesn’t-stand-a-chance” coffee ian member, your lies meeng to show up at the are just as welcome as academy at 9:00 a.m. on the those from “the blue second Tuesday of each month shirts”. (anyone, in this case, means For this quarter, spouses, too). It provides a the meengs will be at means to see faces you haven’t 9:00 a.m.: together, it could be you that’s seen in a while at mes other January 10th being talked about.) than formal get-togethers. If February 14th you find yourself in the Denver area on the second Tuesday of March 13th the month, please make a side (For what it’s worth, if trip to the academy and see who you can outperform in the you’re not at the get- When did these occur? 1. When did the color of patrol cars change from silver and black to white and black? 1939 1941 1942 1944 2. In 1936, CSP included the “Inspecon Division” , later known as the Port of Entry Divi- sion”. What year was the Port of Entry transferred to the Department of Revenue? 1953 1955 1956 1959 3. A used, Cessna 182 was purchased by CSP and was truly “Airborne One”. It was used for many things, but not for speed enforce- ment. The purchase took place in: 1965 1967 1968 1969 4. It took awhile, but the governor at the me issued an order that finally allowed CSP to use that aircra for enforcement purposes in: 1965 1967 1968 1969 5. Remember those MR-7 antennas hanging outside the le rear win- dow? What was the first year moving radar (and all the motorist’s ar- guments that it couldn’t be done) join the enforcement arsenal used by CSP? 1974 1975 1976 1977 I pointed to two old drunks sitting across the bar from us and told Dick Lammel “That’s us in 10 years”. He said “That’s a mirror, dipstick!” Volume 23,Number 1 Page 3 Rhode Island’s answer to their pension problems Just like other states, Rhode Island’s pension sys- The biggest change is conversion to a hybrid of defined tem is suffering from an unfunded liability – in benefit (the current system) coupled with a defined con- their case, a shorall of some $7-billion. Without tribuon. Employees accrued rerement benefits at a correcve acon, the figure was desned to grow rate of 2.5% per year of service previously. Now, they’ll and expose the state to greater burden. accrue at 1% per year of service. Employees will addion- Gina Raimondo, the General Treasurer (the same ally provide 5% along with a 1% employer contribuon as our State toward a defined contribuon Treasurer), plan that will supplement the took this defined benefit already in problem on place. and man- State Police, judges and munici- aged to irri- pal public safety personnel tate nearly (MERS in the chart) are exempt everyone, from the hybrid plan and will but put to- connue with the same rere- gether a package that addressed the issues leading ment system they have in place. You might note, howev- to the trend shown above through a system of er, their plans are in much beer financial shape than shared sacrifice for everyone, but yet preserves a those for non-public safety employees and teachers. rerement for all employees now, and in the fu- The enre plan puts the state on a 25-year track to rein- ture. The two main issues she faced were too few vigorate its rerement system and achieve 80% funding funds being fed into the system to sustain it, and at the end of the term through a “laddered” re- rerement eligibility at too early an age. amorzaon mechanism that includes safeguard triggers There’s a prey good chance she looked west and should any facet of the system fail to meet certain mini- observed the effect that SB-1 in Colorado had on mums. The default plan, if the trigger is pulled, cannot the pension system here. The COLA for Rhode Is- include benefit reducons, only increased contribuon land rerees has been sus- rates. … R. I. Gov. Chafee pended unl the pension Unlike the treasurer in another state (known for its fund has reached a level of mountains and ski areas) who’s trying to dump a viable signs the pension 80% overall, with a respite defined benefit rerement system in favor of a defined inserted contribuon plan, Raimondo managed to put together a every five compromise between the extremes within state govern- years to ment. The Rhode Island plan has features that every resi- allow for a dent of the state can hate. Yet, it preserves a system that bit of flexi- allows public employees a rerement plan allowing a life bility. The with some dignity a er rerement; just not as opulent a rerement plan as it once was. age has Someday, the two viewpoints currently stalemang been raised progress toward a common goal will realize that neither to a mini- side is ever going to convince the other that their solu- mum of 59 on is the only one that will achieve that goal. Others reform bill. Gina (it is presently 55) and, in can look to Rhode Island’s methods and apply the idea Raimondo is 2nd from some cases, to the same as that there are good ideas on both sides of the aisle that the left ... that outlined under Social need to be put into acon instead of the constant finger- Security. Most of the chang- poinng and blaming the other side. es are felt more by future hires, but those nearing It wouldn’t be surprising to see other states adopt a rerement will have to make some adjustments similar approach to solving their own rerement pension under the plan. Those who can rere by June 30, dilemmas. I’ll have more on how Rhode Island connues 2012 will be able to do so without any adjust- to play a major role in the manner public debt is dealt ments, but others will have to revise their rere- ment age upward, a bit. with in the next issue. Page 4 Old Smokey Newsletter The CSP Museum and Learning Center The museum committee spot easily accessible from The photo shows the area continues to work toward the Academy complex and north and east of the 6th acquisition of Avenue and Indiana Street property and junction. The circle sur- coordination rounds the property cur- with the archi- rently being donated by tect to bring this Scott Stevinson and his fami- project into be- ly for our use.
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