Your Retirement Account

While you work as an enlisted officer, your employer forwards information about your wages and service to ORS. It also sends employer contributions to the retirement system fund, which is invested by the Michigan Department of Treasury.

ORS maintains your wage and service records so that when the day comes, we can determine your eligibility for a pension, calculate the pension, and put you on the retirement payroll. Each year we send you a report of your account, called your Member Statement. Or you may log onto miAccount, after creating a secure account using your member ID, and view your current service credit totals.

We also keep track of any personal contributions you may have on account. The State Police Retirement System has been a noncontributory system since 1974. That means that it is funded by employer contributions, and employees do not contribute to the retirement fund. However, if you were a member of the system before 1974, or if you have purchased any service credit, you might have personal contributions on account. If you do have personal contributions, we keep a separate record, pay interest, and report your balance each year. If you die before reaching pension eligibility, we'll refund your personal contributions to your beneficiary or estate.