Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System - Forest Heights Police Department - Membership

SB 865 allows certain Forest Heights Police Department employees to join Maryland's Law Enforcement Officers' Pension System on an optional basis, requiring them to make a one-time election by a specified deadline. The bill provides service credit for prior employment with the department but prevents retroactive credit for those joining after a certain date. It modifies existing pension law (specifically sections 26-202, 31-2A-01, 31-2A-03, and 31-2A-04 of the Annotated Code of Maryland) to apply these rules exclusively to Forest Heights Police Department employees. This change directly affects eligible officers who must decide whether to participate in the state pension system.