Arkansas Code Title 24. Retirement and Pensions § 24-6-226. Eligibility for benefits--Voluntary retirement for Tier I noncontributory members

(a)(1) Any member who has acquired five (5) years but less than twenty-eight (28) years of actual service and has attained age sixty-five (65) may retire upon written application filed with the Board of Trustees of the State Police Retirement System.

(2) Any member who has acquired five (5) or more years of actual service and has attained age fifty-two (52) may retire upon written application filed with the State Police Retirement System.

(3) Any member who acquired twenty-eight (28) or more years of actual service may retire at any age upon written application filed with the board.

(4) For those members with less than twenty-eight (28) actual years of service, the age sixty-five (65) requirement shall be reduced by one (1) month for every two (2) months of public safety credit, but in no event to an age younger than fifty-two (52).