Stop in for a cup of coffee

yep, officers do that all the time here. and then they'll retire from the city PD and get on with the Sheriff or State police, which gives them a credit for the years of LE with the other department and work 3 years, then retire from the State/Sheriff and collect TWO pensions.
it's one of the abuses of the system that frosts my ***.. mostly because it allowed - not some dickhead trying to circumvent the system