Elections for the Board of Fire and Police Pension Commissioners - Retired Police Member

The term of office for the current Retired Police Member of the Board of Fire and Police Pension Commissioners, ends on June 30, 2009. The City Clerk, in coordination with the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions (LAFPP), will conduct an election for the next five-year term on April 7, 2009. Retired sworn members of the Los Angeles Police Department are eligible to run and vote in the election.

Eligible members can expect to receive information on becoming a candidate in the election by the end of February 2009. The City Clerk will conduct the election through the mail, with addresses provided by LAFPP. Therefore, it is imperative that members update their mailing address with LAFPP. To update your address, please send a signed address change request to Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions, Service Pensions Section, 360 East Second Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90012, Attention: Mary Washington. You may also update your address using the Change of Address Form for Pensioners .

Members retiring within thirty days of the election may vote by obtaining a Certificate of Eligibility to Vote from LAFPP. Eligible members will present the certificate when casting their ballot in person at the City Clerk Election Division during the seven (7) - day period immediately prior to the election (March 27 through April 7, 2009) and no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the election. Members enrolled in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) are not eligible to vote in the retired member election until they have exited the program.

Questions concerning the election may be directed to Shafia Mir in the Administrative Services Section of the Department of Fire and Police Pensions at (213) 978-4434.