In the FRS, the Florida retirement system, you can retire in the special risk class with twenty five years of service regardless of age if you were hired before 7/1/2011. At 25 years you get 75% of your salary based on your highest five years of service. You can pad your retirement with overtime. Peterson was making more than fifty thousand a year base salary. The County I retired from a topped out Deputy along with longevity makes about 77k a year. Most South Florida agencies pay well!