The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System is a public pension fund that provides comprehensive retirement, death, and disability benefits for approximately 9,300 active and retired City of Dallas police officers, firefighters, and their qualified dependents. Under the retirement plan, individuals become members of the pension system once they commence training at the police or…
The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System (DROP) provides comprehensive retirement, death, and disability benefits for some 9,300 Dallas police officers, firefighters, pensioners, and qualified survivors. Officers and firefighters automatically become System members when they enter the training academy. While in active service, they and the City of Dallas contribute to their accounts. A member…
Carroll Thiergartner was a Baltimore County firefighter for 33 years. During his active employment, Thiergartner participated in the County’s Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP). At the time of his retirement, he opted to receive a lump-sum payment from his DROP account. In May 2010, nearly five years after he retired, Thiergartner began to develop chest…
Local 293 of the International Association of Fire Fighters represents firefighters working for the City of Erie, Pennsylvania. A clause of Local 293’s collective bargaining agreement provided that the firefighters’ pension fund “shall be governed in accordance with statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and City of Erie ordinances or regulations now presently in effect…
The Borough of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania and the Ellwood City Police Department Wage and Policy Committee (Union) are parties to a collective bargaining agreement. The agreement gave the parties 180 days to negotiate a Deferred Retirement Option Plan, or DROP. When no agreement on the terms of a DROP was reached, the Union referred the…
The Ross Township, Pennsylvania Police Department and the Ross Township Police Association are parties to a collective bargaining agreement. In December 2007, an arbitrator resolved all differences between the Township and the Association as to open negotiations issues. One element of the Arbitrator’s award was a deferred retirement option plan, known as a DROP plan.…
