b'2012 On May 15, 2012, the City Council approved a City Admin-istrative Officer report that recommended consolidat-ing the Department of General Services, Office of Public Safety (OPS), into the Police Department (LAPD). The consolidation was adopted with an effective date of July 1, 2012. OPS employees who successfully transition to a regular LAPD sworn classification had two years to make an irrevocable election to opt out of the Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System and become a member oftheFireandPolicePensionSystem.Theopt-out election must have been made no later than December 12, 2014.2013-2014 On June 27, 2013 and January 8, 2014, the City issued Management Audit Interim and Final Reports, constitut-ing the second Charter-mandated audit of the System. Thetwoauditreportsdeterminedthat,overall,the System is generally operating in an effective manner. OnAugust8,2014,theCityCounciladoptedan ordinance to add DROP provisions for Tier 6 members. By December 12, 2014, a total of 22 former Office of PublicSafety(OPS)employeeswhotransitionedto regular sworn classifications with the Police Department opted out of the Los Angeles City Employees Retire-ment System (LACERS) and became members of Tier 6 of the Fire and Police Pension System.Raphael Richardson Photo SECTION 9MILESTONES 179'