Petree

Filed 11/6/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

CRAIG PETREE et al., D082749

Plaintiffs and Appellants,

v. (Super. Ct. No. RIC1813033)

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT

SYSTEM et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Riverside County, Daniel A. Ottolia, Judge. Request for judicial notice denied. Affirmed. Law Office of Michael A. Conger and Michael A. Conger for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Matthew G. Jacobs, Elizabeth Yelland and Austa Wakily for Defendant and Respondent Public Employees’ Retirement System. Renee Public Law Group, Arthur A. Hartinger, Steve Cikes, Ryan P. McGinley-Stempel and Imran M. Dar for Defendant and Respondent County of Riverside. Plaintiffs are former officers with the City of Perris Police Department (Perris PD) or their surviving spouses. In 1996, when the City of Perris (City) decided to close its police department and contract with Riverside County (County) for municipal law enforcement services, the officers were hired as deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff (Sheriff’s…