Retirement
Chief Fong announced on 20 December 2008 that she would be stepping down in April 2009, after serving five years as San Francisco's police chief.
When she left the Hall of Justice in 2009, Police Chief Heather Fong, 53, had 32 years under her belt - and is receiving two pensions: $229,500 a year as a safety worker, and a second pension of $48,156 per year for a grand total of $277,656, topping the list of the city's pensioners . This amount, during a time of fiscal shortfall for the city, has come under public criticism from numerous sources .
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