This overview contains specific details about PERA's Defined Benefit Plan for Safety Officers.
“Safety Officers” include peace officers with the Colorado State Patrol and Colorado Bureau of Investigation; county sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs, noncertified deputy sheriffs, and detention officers in the Local Government Division whose PERA membership began on or after January 1, 2020; and corrections officers classified as I through IV in the State Division whose PERA membership began on or after January 1, 2020.
Information for employees eligible for PERAChoice. It includes the PERAChoice Election and Release Form, Member Information Form-Defined Benefit Plans, and DC Plan Beneficiary Designation Form.
To be completed by participants in PERAChoice who wish to use their one-time, irrevocable option of switching between the PERA DB and PERA DC Plans in years two through five of participation. The form should also be used if a participant wants to transfer their PERA DB account to the DC Plan after the switch.
