March 24, 2004 note: to get the names and benefit amounts would have cost over $300.00
I did receive an actuary report of the Dept of Retirement 2002 Wash State public employees retirement information, which is upload below and at http://lbloom.net/xretired02.html

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2004 Washington State Retired Police and Firefighters Benefits List

Here's a link to the 2004 Washington State Retired Police and Firefighters webpage. http://www.drs.wa.gov/member/index.htm

2002 Washington State Retired Public Employees total numbers (107,559) and their average monthly benefits amounts

Here's a link to the Washington State Department of Retirement membership information webpage. http://www.drs.wa.gov/member/index.htm 

Below is 2002 Wash State public employees retirement information

                           active   retired    average     new members
                           members  members    benefits    benefits
Public Employees' (PERS)   154,185   63,756     $1,082     $1,682
Teachers (TRS)              66,063   34,254     $1,453     $2,005
School Employees (SERS)     49,791      622     $410       $455
Police & Fire (LEOFF)       15,158    8,231     $2,684     $3,047
Wa St Patrol  (WSPRS)        1,027      696     $2,647     $3,867

  • Public Employees' (PERS)
  • Teachers' (TRS)
  • School Employees' (SERS)
  • Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' (LEOFF)
  • Washington State Patrol (WSPRS)
  • Judges' Retirement Fund (JRF)
  • Judicial (JRS)

  • DRS Membership descriptions
  • PERS: Public Employees Retirement System PERS members include: elected officials; employees of state, county and local government; elected or appointed judges; certain employees of community colleges, technical colleges, and universities; noncertificated employees of school districts; and employees of various service and utility districts.
  • TRS: Teachers' Retirement System TRS members include teachers and administrators who work in Washington State public schools, educational service districts and state agencies.
  • SERS: School Employees' Retirement System SERS members include eligible classified employees of school districts and educational service districts.
  • LEOFF: Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement System LEOFF members include full-time, fully compensated general authority, law enforcement officers and fire fighters.
  • WSPRS: Washington State Patrol Retirement System WSPRS provides retirement coverage to commissioned employees in the Washington State Patrol.
  • JRS: Judicial Retirement System The Judicial Retirement System was capped on July 1, 1988. Judges appointed or elected to office on or after July 1, 1988, may elect to join PERS if they meet eligibility requirements.
  • JRF: Judges' Retirement Fund The Judges' Retirement Fund was capped when the legislature created the Judicial Retirement System (JRS) on August 9, 1971.

    Below is the actuary table (statistics) list I got from the Department of Retirement Systems with the number of people and the retirement benefit amounts of the different Washington State Department of Retirement administered systems.



    Here's the freedom of information request letter I sent to the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems, requesting the 2004 Washington State Retired Police and Firefighters Benefits List.

    Here's the response letter the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems sent me about the 2004 Washington State Retired Police and Firefighters Benefits List.

    Here's the 2nd freedom of information request letter I sent to the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems, requesting retirement system statistics.

    Here's the response letter the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems sent me, along with (see above) the 2002 Washington State Retired Public Employees total numbers (107,559) and their average monthly benefits amounts .


    Clicking on the above picture will take you to a page about the webmaster.
    A freedom of information letter template is at http://www.splc.org/foiletter.asp
    Washington State newspapers have detailed information about access to public records at http://www.openwashington.com/
    Here's information on Washington State websites about counties, ports, school districts, cities, ect...
    In Nov 2002, the Wa St Court of Appeals, ruled that government employees names cannot be kept secret.
    e-mail--- welcome