Philly DROP payments top $2 Billion

And the cash bonuses max out at $870,880

When Deputy Police Commissioner Robin Wimberly retired in 2024, she left the city with an annual pension worth $119,115, plus an extravagant going-away present from taxpayers — a DROP cash bonus of $870,880.

DROP, short for the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, is Philadelphia’s overly generous municipal giveaway now in its 27th year. It’s the legal doubl…