PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Message from Daryl Buhrman:

Hello all,

Not much to tell. I’m not doing as well as I had hoped. I’m not asking for sympathy; merely letting you know that all is not well. I am on home hospice with aides that come a few times a week to help me. Take care everyone.

NOTE: The BRPBA is closing our Baltimore City P.O. box as it was just too difficult to maintain given their operating hours. All mail will now go to our Bel Air post office box, which is P.O. Box 935, Bel Air, MD 21014

Message from the 1st VP:

Greetings to Everyone,

I hope this newsletter finds you doing well. I know we are all glad this past Winter is almost over. I hope you got through the bad weather and extreme cold safely and healthy. Hopefully, by the time you get this newsletter, Spring is here along with much needed warmer temperatures.

Our Christmas Party meeting this past December was a big success. It was great to see so many of our members at this event. As you all know, we allowed members to bring their spouse or significant other to our party. It was good to see quite a few people bring their spouse. Remember, we are allowing members to bring their spouses/significant other to our June Shrimp feast party as well. This will be on June 17, 2026, at 6PM. I hope to see you all at this nice event. 

As many of you know, our President Daryl Buhrman had some health setbacks over this past Winter. At our December Christmas Party, we passed a hat around to get donations to assist Daryl. I am so happy to report that we raised over $2300 to give to Daryl to help with his many issues. I really want to thank each one of you that donated to help him. As of this article, Daryl is comfortably resting at home. Please keep Daryl and his family in your thoughts and prayers.

I have been attending the Maryland FOP Legislative Committee meetings for this year’s Legislative session. A few bills to make you aware of are as follows:

· HB 2/SB 185. Subtraction Modification-Public Safety Retirement Income. This bill if passed would increase our current State Income Subtraction from $15,000 to $20,000.

· HB 126. Regulated Firearms-Seven Day Waiting Period-Exceptions. This bill if passed would eliminate the current 7 day waiting period to purchase a firearm if you are a retired Police Officer in good standing.

· SB 331. Concealed Carry License. This bill if passed would make Concealed Carry Licenses good for 5 years for retired Police Officers, who retired in Good standing. 

As the current Legislative Session continues to move forward, I will keep you all posted if any significant bills are introduced.

I hope everyone has a great spring, and Summer is right around the corner. I hope to see you at our next general membership meeting. As always, if you have any ideas concerning things our organization could do for our members, please reach out to someone on the board and let us know. 

Take Care,

Mike Wilhelm

1ST Vice President