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DPROA endorses Bryan Slaton
The members of our association are not just the men and women who served on the front lines in the City of Dallas to keep that community safe. We are your neighbors. Many of us live in Hunt, Van Zandt and Hopkins County. Dan Flynn has lost touch with...
New policies endanger officers, put public at risk
Editor's Note: After DPROA President Pete Bailey issued the statement below, he later issued a correction: "… I must offer you an apology. I relied upon information given to me by someone I trusted, and because of the sense of urgency I felt due to...
Twas The Month Of Christmas And All Was Not Right
During the holidays, it’s easy to forget. …Especially when the politicians and their cronies are busy patting each other on the back for “solving” the pension crisis, or when the news media paints Mayor Mike as savior of the troubled pension fund even...
September 24 through October 7, 2017
Probably at the top of everyone's mind was the pension board voting that began October 2 and runs through October 9. Lots of chaos there. If you are a DPROA member, you can find a lot of information in our MEMBERS ONLY section under our President's...
Week of September 17, 2017
With the State Fair opening at the end of this month, Dallas Observer columnist Jim Schutze asks "Where do all those cops at the State Fair come from?" The answer is simple: Your neighborhood. Of particular concern, Schutze notes: "At a time when the...
Week of August 27 & September 3, 2017–Lawsuits, Challenges, Wonder Twins & Squirrels (Yes, Squirrels)
Let the games begin! The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System finally filed a lawsuit against its former investment consultants and its former attorney for alleged negligence that led to hundreds of millions of dollars in investment losses....
Week of August 20, 2017–Fences, Not-So-Free Speech, Hiding Money & A Perfect Storm
We're not on the fence about this one… Hmmm so let me get this straight: Guy puts up a fence, floods neighbors yards, City Councilman Kleinman acts ignorant, slips in an $800,000 fix in the upcoming bond package… but he can't have taxpayers help...
Week of August 13, 2017: A Few 'Worrisome' Things & More
Oh, so now the DMN finds our public safety crisis "worrisome." In true form, the City Manager T.C. Broadnax trots out his first proposed budget aiming, as the DMN says, to put "service first." Or, as we prefer to say:...
Week of August 6, 2017: The Exodus, The Roaches, The Study, Oh Why!
CBS 11 reported this week that record number of officers were leaving the department noting that "most officers are leaving as a result of a crisis at the police and fire pension fund." In the "I-can't-believe-he-just-said-that" category comes the Chairman...
Week of July 30, 2017: Stuffing the Board, the City Shell Game & Trinity Lies
Mayor Mike Beelzebub Rawlings announced his six picks for the selection on the Dallas Police & Fire Pension board. As expected, FaceBook blew up with a wide range of commentary. None of it positive. But we expected that. Did anyone really expect...