Correctional Officers' Retirement System - Allegany County

Allegany County detention officers face pension switch

Beginning June 1, 2026, covered Allegany County detention officers must join the Correctional Officers’ Retirement System if the county joins. This covers local detention center officers who held the job before June 1, 2026, and remain through that date. They get credit for earlier county employment toward retirement eligibility and benefits. Once they join and receive that credit, their Employees’ Pension System membership and all further benefit rights there end. Section 31–2B–05(C) governs pension asset transfers and crediting on June 1, 2026. For officers who remain Employees’ Pension System members through that date, these service-credit transfers are exempt from Title 37.