Should any member who has ten or more years of credited service in force leave the employ of the city as a police officer or firefighter prior to the attainment of age 52 years, for any reason except retirement, or should any police officer member who was a police patrol officer on July 1, 1988, leave the employ of the city after 18 years of service, such person shall be entitled to a pension computed according to § 16.12 as the section is in force at the time the member terminates his or her employment with the city as a police officer or firefighter; provided, that the member does not withdraw the member’s accumulated contributions from the Member’s Deposit Fund. The said pension shall begin the first day of the calendar month in which the member’s application for same is filed with the Board of Trustees on or after the member’s attainment of age 52 years, or in the case of a police officer member who was a police patrol officer on July 1, 1988, his or her said pension shall begin on the first day of the calendar month his or her application is filed with the Board of Trustees after he or she would have had 20 years of service regardless of age.
(Prior Code, § 16.11) (Ord. D-678, passed 1-18-1965, effective 2-1-1965; Ord. D-1362, passed 1-5-1981, effective 1-15-1981; Ord. D-1592, passed 6-19-1989, effective 6-29-1989; Ord. D-1737, passed 3-20-1995, effective 3-30-1995)