Municipal Police Employees Retirement System

What Municipal Police Employees Retirement System does

Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (MPERS, DBA Lampers) is a state-chartered public pension fund established in 1973 under Louisiana law to administer retirement, disability, and survivor benefits for municipal police employees of participating Louisiana municipalities. Headquartered in Baton Rouge, the system serves active municipal police officers, retirees, and surviving beneficiaries through two core counterparty relationships: participating municipalities (employers) that remit contributions and process enrollments, and individual members who access benefit information through the self-service PATROLE online member portal. Governance is provided by a Board of Trustees with elected member representatives, subject to legislative oversight by the Public Retirement Systems' Actuarial Committee (PRSAC), which approves contribution rates and benefit structures.

The system's product portfolio centers on retirement benefits administration, including the DROP (Deferred Retirement Option Plan) that allows eligible members to accrue interest on retirement benefits while continuing to work, GASB 68 employer pension reporting for participating municipalities, and an employer training program delivered in-person or via Microsoft Teams. Third-party recordkeeping and participant account management are outsourced to Empower Retirement, accessed at participant.empower-retirement.com. For FY27 (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), the contribution rate is set at 29.35% of earnable compensation for both hazardous and non-hazardous duty, with employee contributions of 10% (hazardous) and 8% (non-hazardous); employees below HHS poverty guidelines contribute 7.5% with the employer rate rising to 31.85%.

MPERS operates as a non-commercial, government-state entity with no equity ownership, no funding rounds, and no traditional revenue model. The organization communicates with stakeholders via email newsletters (ConstantContact platform), the lampers.org website, conference attendance at Louisiana Chiefs of Police and Municipal Clerks Association events, and in-person employer training sessions. Geographic scope is restricted to Louisiana, and the organization's growth is structurally bounded by statewide municipal police headcount and contribution-rate decisions rather than market-driven expansion.

Name

Municipal Police Employees Retirement System

Legal name

Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System

Website

https://lampers.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (MPERS), established in 1973, is a Louisiana state-chartered public pension fund that administers retirement, disability, and survivor benefits for municipal police officers of participating Louisiana municipalities through its PATROLE member portal and Empower Retirement recordkeeping partnership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Baton Rouge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Employer Contributions: Employer contribution rate set at 29.35% for fiscal year 2026-2027 (FY27) for both Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Duty. This applies to all participating municipalities with eligible police employees.
2. Employee Contributions: Employee contributions of 10% for hazardous duty and 8% for non-hazardous duty positions. Members with earnable compensation at or below HHS poverty guidelines contribute 7.5% with employer covering the difference at 31.85% total employer rate.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MPERS is a state-established public pension fund that administers retirement allowances, disability benefits, and survivor benefits for full-time municipal police officers across Louisiana. The system manages membership enrollment, contribution collection from employers and employees, benefit calculations, Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) participation, and compliance reporting for participating municipalities. Its primary service is delivered through the PATROLE online portal alongside direct employer support services.

Product overview

Municipal Police Employees Retirement System (MPERS) is a public retirement system that administers retirement, disability, and survivors' benefits for municipal police employees across Louisiana. The system operates primarily through its PATROLE member portal, which provides online access to retirement accounts and DROP statements. Additional services include employer training programs, GASB 68 pension reporting for employers, and management of the DROP program. The organization is governed by a Board of Trustees and conducts regular legislative and committee meetings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PATROLE Member Portal Online self-service portal allowing active and retired municipal police officer members to access their retirement accounts, view DROP statements, manage personal information, and track benefit details.
• Retirement Benefits Administration Core service administering retirement allowances, disability benefits, and survivors' benefits for full-time municipal police officers in Louisiana, including DROP participation and benefit calculations.
• DROP (Deferred Retirement Option Plan) Deferred Retirement Option Plan allowing eligible members to earn interest on their retirement benefits while continuing to work as municipal police officers, with projected interest rates communicated annually.
• GASB 68 Employer Pension Reports Annual financial reporting service for participating employer municipalities, compliant with Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 68, covering pension liabilities and allocations.
• Employer Training Services Training services for participating employer municipalities on enrollment requirements, monthly certification reporting, and MPERS participation processes, offered in-person, virtually via Microsoft Teams, or on-site at the employer's location.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Empower RetirementcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThird-party administrator providing participant recordkeeping and retirement account management services for MPERS members through the Empower Retirement platform accessible at participant.empower-retirement.com
• Election America, Inc.minorOthersEngaged to conduct trustee elections for Non-chief District II and other district trustee positions on the MPERS Board of Trustees
• Louisiana LegislaturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLegislative oversight of MPERS through the Public Retirement Systems' Actuarial Committee (PRSAC) which approves contribution rates and benefit structures

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS): The largest U.S. public pension system, covering California state, municipal, and public safety employees. Provides scale and operational precedent relevant to MPERS, though vastly broader in membership and mandate.
• Massachusetts State Retirement System: Massachusetts state retirement system administering pension benefits for state employees including public safety, structurally similar to MPERS as a state-legislated public pension with mandatory employer participation.
• Florida Retirement System (FRS): Florida's statewide public retirement system covering state employees, including public safety officers, with comparable defined-benefit structures and actuarial oversight, though broader in scope than MPERS.

Others

• Empower Retirement: Third-party administrator and recordkeeping partner for MPERS members; broadly serves the public-sector retirement administration market and represents the ecosystem of vendors that support systems like MPERS.

Direct peers

• Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF): Illinois statewide retirement system for municipal employees outside Chicago, with a comparable contribution-driven model serving participating Illinois municipalities and providing pension, disability, and survivor benefits.
• Louisiana Teachers' Retirement System (TRSL): Another Louisiana statewide public retirement system serving a specific employee constituency (teachers), operating under the same PRSAC oversight framework and Louisiana public pension statutes as MPERS.
• Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS): A statewide municipal employee retirement system in Texas that administers pension benefits for participating city employees, directly comparable to MPERS in mandate, contribution-based funding, and municipal employer relationships.
• Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System (LASERS): The principal Louisiana state government pension system for state employees, structurally and operationally comparable to MPERS as a Louisiana public pension fund serving a defined employee class with mandatory participation.
• Public Safety Personnel Retirement System of Arizona (PSPRS): Arizona state retirement system for public safety personnel (police, fire, corrections), closely comparable to MPERS in serving a defined public safety membership with legislatively established contribution rates and benefit structures.
• Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System (PMRS): Pennsylvania statewide municipal pension administrator serving boroughs, townships, and police departments, directly comparable to MPERS in operating a municipal- and police-focused pension administration model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/municipal-police-employees

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Municipal Police Employees Retirement System