Your credited service is classified as Allowable Police Service or Other Credited Service.

ALLOWABLE POLICE SERVICE
Twenty (20) years of Allowable Police Service are required for service completion retirement. It includes:

• All member service rendered by you as a uniformed member of the New York City Police Department. 
  
  
• New York City Employee Retirement System Uniformed Force service (includes uniformed service in the Housing Police Department, Transit Police Department, Department of Correction, and Sanitation Department and Emergency Medical Technician {EMT} time) rendered by you immediately preceding to your appointment as a uniformed member of the New York City Police Department, provided you applied for such credited service within prescribed time limits and such credited service was transferred to the Police Pension Fund. 
  
  
• Credit for service rendered in the uniformed force of the New York City Fire Department provided you applied for such credited service within prescribed time limits and such credited service was transferred to the Police Pension Fund. 
  
  
• Credit for any service rendered while a member of the New York State Employee Retirement System or New York State Policemen's and Firemen's Retirement System provided you applied for such credited service within prescribed time limits and such credited service was transferred to the Police Pension Fund directly from the state system. (New York State Teachers’ Retirement System is considered as “other credited service” if purchased under Chapter 646.) 
  
  
• You may be entitled to receive up to a maximum of five (5) years of credited service for military service provided you were a member of a city retirement system at the time you entered military service and you immediately returned to city service upon discharge from the military. Upon request, the Police Pension Fund will provide you with information about other circumstances under which you may be eligible for military service credit. 
  Under Chapter 548 of the Laws of 2000, members may purchase up to three (3) years of certain wartime military service performed prior to appointment. Service purchased pursuant to this provision is considered to be good time for all purposes including eligibility to retire and longevity increases.
  
  
• Under Chapter 606 of the Laws of 2000, members may purchase up to four (4) years of combined military service and service as a police officer in a foreign country for the United States Government subject to maximum.
  
  
• Under Chapter 594 of the Laws of 2000, members may purchase up to one (1) year for each authorized Child Care Leave. 
  
  
• Under Chapter 498 of the Laws of 2005, members who properly transferred prior city or prior state time that is considered peace officer status, as stated in Section 2.10 of the CPL, and this time is immediately preceding their New York City Police Department time, will have this time counted as good time under Chapter 498, Laws of 2005. The member must be currently active. This law is not retroactive and will affect members’ contribution rates. Members wishing to have this time count as good time must have an application filled out by the NYCPPF Membership Services. 
  
  
• Chapter 728 of the Laws of 2004 affords active uniformed members of Article II Police Pension Fund the opportunity to receive up front credit for service as a New York City Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) immediately preceding service as a uniformed member of the New York City Police Department. This time, if properly transferred to the New York City Police Pension Fund at the time of appointment, shall be credited as “good time” toward the required twenty (20) years of Police Service. Members MUST apply for this time while active members of the New York City Police Department (i.e., still on the NYPD payroll before the effective date of retirement). 
  

• Chapter 552 of the Laws of 2000 Amendment any member, who purchases service credit under this law and where the previous retirement system membership is based on certain designated law enforcement service, shall have such service credited as “allowable” up front police service. For this purpose, such service shall include:
  i. Uniformed service including police department, fire department, corrections department or sanitation department of the City of New York or the State of New York or any agency or political subdivision thereof (including NYCERS, Police and Fire); or
  ii. Service as a peace officer as specified in §2.10 of the CPL; or
  iii. Service in the title of sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, district attorney investigator or other State law enforcement positions

MERGER - TRANSIT & HOUSING POLICE OFFICERS
Former Transit & Housing Police Officers, who became members of the Police Pension Fund Article II due to the 1995 merger, or a rollover, maintain their eligibility based on their original dates of membership in the New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS). Members should contact the Police Pension Fund; Membership Services Unit 212-693-5850 to verify their membership dates into NYCERS versus their appointment dates. Note: You may buy back any missing service time under Chapter 552.

OTHER CREDITED SERVICE
Other Credited Service is any service other than Allowable Police Service, and it counts as additional service credit (monetary benefit) beyond your required twenty (20) years.

Other credited service includes membership service rendered while a member in a non-uniformed position within the New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS) and/or membership in the Board of Education Retirement System. In addition, uniformed service credit that does not immediately precede uniformed service in the New York City Police Department is considered to be Other Credited Service. All other service must be applied for within the prescribed time limits.