by Carol Richtsmeier | May 7, 2022 | Presidents Briefing
PRESIDENT’S BRIEF May 6, 2022 Hello DPROA Members, Next Thursday, May 12th, the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System is scheduled to hold one of two required public meetings. This would be a good time for our members to show up in person to hear firsthand how your...
by Carol Richtsmeier | Jun 17, 2021 | Members Only, Presidents Briefing
June 17, 202 For the benefit of those who could not attend our General Membership Meeting last week, I will recap the topics we discussed. On May 17th, Vice President Sally Lannom and I met virtually with Chief of Police Eddie Garcia. The purpose of this meeting was...
by Carol Richtsmeier | Jun 16, 2021 | Presidents Briefing
The DPROA board worked alongside Representatives Yvonne Davis and Nathan Johnson on HB 3375 that corrects an inequity in the law which prohibited spouses or other beneficiaries of DROP Annuities from seeking emergency distributions. DPROA President David Elliston...
by Carol Richtsmeier | Feb 25, 2021 | Presidents Briefing
February 22, 2021 Hello DPROA, Some of you may have heard that we (DPROA) were circulating language that would amend our Pension Bill. Working with our lobbyist, we did draft two proposed changes. The first would have addressed the issue of surviving spouses of...
by Carol Richtsmeier | Jan 31, 2021 | Presidents Briefing
January 29, 2021 Hello DPROA, As you may have heard from some of our local news outlets, Mayor Eric Johnson has appointed a group to study ways to improve the funding of the Dallas Police & Fire Pension System. We heard this was a possibility several months back...
