On February 16, 17, 2006 over 130 probation officers attended
a winter training held at the Holiday Inn Select in Bloomington,
MN. Training topics included How to Stay Safe with Search and
Seizure, Identifying the Drugged Offenderand Body Language-Nonverbal
Communication. Hospitality was provided by Mcrossan's Boys Ranch.
A big thanks to the MACPO vendors that were there!
The MACPO Legislative Committee assigned an "Option 60" sub-committee
to look into an early retirement option for probation officers and corrections agents
funded by increased employee contributions to PERA.
PERA conducted an actuarial study in 2008, and the findings were presented
to MACPO on April 20th, 2009. Here are the results of the study in PDF format. Also, an informational newsletter was put together in October 2009, explaining the Early Retirement Option and how it works in PDF format.
