As far as taking away their pension, and assuming Boulder PD has PERA, what has been said above is correct - if they've been in for five years or more, they'll get a small - very small - trickle of money when they retire. It really isn't any different than putting money in any other kind of investment account, except that PERA substitutes for SSN contributions. That's money they earned and saved,
wrong.
They're jobless and shamed. I don't know what else you would want.
Brian H
Longmont CO
"I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."