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.