The Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System is the oldest of Fairfax County's retirement systems and was created under authority granted by Chapter 303 of the Acts of Assembly (law of the Commonwealth of Virginia) on March 29, 1944, to provide defined benefit pension plan coverage for sworn full-time law enforcement officers of the Fairfax County Police Department.
In 1981 Fairfax County enacted Article 7 of the Fairfax County Code, which adopted and continued Chapter 303 as amended.
The System is considered as a single employer public employee retirement system providing defined benefit pension plan coverage to sworn police officers.
Governance
The Police Officers Retirement System (PORS) is governed by an 8-member Board of Trustees.