On 8/18/2020, PEF held a Contract Town Hall in which President Wayne Spence answered a question pertaining to line-of-duty injury pay and a 25-year retirement plan for Parole Officers.
Click on the link to watch the Contract Town Hall:
David Fest: “Will Parole Officers be given the 100% disability that every other law enforcement agency has if injured on the job and will there be a push to receive a retirement of 25 years in state service at 55 years old?”
PEF Contract Team: "The first question of 100% disability is certainly a contractual issue that PEF has been aggressively seeking via legislation, and we did have this legislation pass both the Senate and Assembly on multiple occasion. Unfortunately, Governor Cuomo chose to veto the Parole Officer Injury legislation, but with a caveat that this benefit be sought after at the bargaining table. This is how the other law enforcement groups you refer to also received this benefit. I can assure you that the Parole Officer disability language has been and will continue to be a major topic of negotiations at the bargaining table. The second part of your question is statutory. All retirement must be achieved via legislation, not collective bargaining."