Dallas Police & Fire Pension System Email Format
Government AdministrationTexas, United States11-50 Employees
The Dallas Police & Fire Pension System (DPFP) is an independently governed component unit of the City of Dallas, Texas, that provides retirement, death, and disability benefits to police officers and firefighters employed by the city. It functions as a single-employer contributory defined-benefit plan, comprising two programs: the Combined Pension Plan and the Supplemental Plan, the latter created to offer additional retirement benefits to members with ranks above the top civil service tier in the Combined Plan. The assets of both plans are pooled in a Group Master Trust, and administrative and professional expenses are allocated to each plan on a pro-rata basis based on assets. The organization is based in Dallas, Texas, and employs a relatively small staff. Its history begins with a 1916 city ordinance establishing a retirement plan for police officers and firefighters; DPFP was later established in statute in 1933, restated in 1989, and amended in 2017 by HB 3158.