The mission of the Police Officers’ and Fire Fighters’ Retirement System is to provide the District’s required contribution as the employer to these two pension funds, which are administered by the District of Columbia Retirement Board (DCRB).

Summary of Services

Under provisions of the Police Officers, Fire Fighters, and Teachers Retirement Benefit Replacement Plan Act of 1998 (“the Act”), the federal government assumed the District’s unfunded pension liability for the retirement plans for teachers, police officers, fire fighters, and judges. Pursuant to the Act, the federal government will pay the retirement and death benefits, and a defined share of disability benefits, for employees for service accrued prior to July 1, 1997. The costs for benefits earned after June 30, 1997 are the responsibility of the Government of the District of Columbia. This budget reflects the required annual District contribution to fund these earned benefits. Pursuant to District Code section 1-907.02(a) (2006 Repl.), the District is required to budget the pension contribution at an amount equal to, or greater than, the amount certified by the DCRB on the basis of a prescribed actuarial study and formula calculation that is set forth in section 1-907.03. On January 12, 2017, DCRB transmitted the certified contribution for inclusion in the District’s FY 2018 proposed budget, as reflected in this chapter.