Congratulations

smiling!!

You earned it the hard way---enjoy it!! Don't look back......jk

Congratulations Law Dog. Thank you for your service !

Congrats Law Dog !!

Thanks guys I have some folks to connect with to get the ID card requirements from. I have a State ID that’s good until 3/2025 I’ll see if I need anything else.

Congrats on your retirement. I love being retired. More time to do the things I never had time for while I was working.

I’ve been retired from full time for 11 years now I enjoy it but it’s like a workweek with no weekend but I like work so it’s no big deal there. This move just frees me up 100% from being on call.

Congrats...it beats retiring and then becoming certifiable!

Congratulations, enjoy your retirement. Now you can stop and smell the roses.

I called the Law Enforcement Center in Pierre talked to a lady in certification and explained the situation and asked about the steps to do the retirement part to be legal. She asked if I qualified with my firearm, I said yes for the last 22 years every year. She asked for my address and said I’d receive a letter from the State but they don’t issue IDs for retirement.

The state does issue a certification ID card that looks like a drivers license mine expires in 2025 I’ll see about renewing that then. Easier to carry around a plastic card than a piece of paper everyday. LOL

I thought the County would be some part of the process but it looks like since the state handles the certification so they call the shots. So far only a yearly shooting qualification is required as the federal law states. Will see what comes with the letter.

I had my sit down meeting with Social Security last Wednesday. My first check is 3rd Wed of Feb and every month after. I turned 65 last September. My plan is to work till I make 22000.00 and pull the pin. I have 5 wks of vacation to burn up before I quit.

Someone else will have to be the indispensable man.
I know how that goes.
Shed the stress.
Someone else can do it.

Great, I'm finished on July 4 this year already counting down the days !! 45 years of steel detailing and welding is enough !!

Hey Pfarm, tell us how you really feel.. Police departments are quasi-military organizations. Thanks for your service Law dog

Congrats Lawdog.

No more free donuts.

Jim

Why did you even post on LDs thread. That's a crappy comment ..even for a turd.

Can’t eat them anyway LOL

I thought it was funny.
Heck, a kid I know did a ride along when he was considering LE as a career.
Next time I saw him he said, " THE FREE COFFEE AND DONUTS THING IS REAL!!!"

He's a game warden now.

Congrats again OP!