TC,
Camp Freddie: It's got nothing to do with the pension providers or the national governmental pensions rules.
I disagree, the problem is that the rules of the LGPS were never amended to take account of these 'special' non standard employees.
other employers have made provision for this type of circumstance, if football clubs can do it, then the police could.
I just checked with a former colleague who is a current pension fund admin manager and he tells me that special rules for a special section of employees WITHIN the existing scheme, are no problem as long as the trustees sign it off.
did anyone ever ask the trustees for a rule amendment? sounds like maybe you been fighting the CAA when you should have been lobbying the trustees.