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Fraternal Order of Police

                          BlueNote
                          Official Publication of the North Carolina State Lodge

Volume 3, Issue 27                          www.ncfop.org                              May/June 2017

2017 Officer of the Year                                                               Inside This Issue
                By Phillip Ferguson – Awards Committee Chairman
                                                                                       Directory           3

                                                                                       BlueNote Info and
                                                                                       Deadlines for 2017 3

It was my great honor to present the his brother officers began taking fire            Chaplain’s Corner with

North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police while at the city fuel area. Without          NCFOP Chaplain, Phil

2017 Officer of the Year Award to regard for his own safety, Brother                   Wiggins.            3

Brother Daniel Battjes of the Winston- Battjes drove in to the line of fire,           John Ledford Case by
                                                                                       Terry Mangum, Legal
Salem/Forsythe County Lodge 8 at our positioned his vehicle to provide cover           Aid Committee 5

Spring Board Meeting in Lexington.          for his brother officers, and executed an

Brother Battjes began his career with extraction of those officers from that           2017 State Presidents

the Midland (Michigan)                                         hot zone. A suspect     Meeting by State

Police Department,                                             was later identified    President, Randy

served with the Saginaw                                        and charged.            Hagler              7

County Sheriff’s Office,                                       Congratulations to      Message from the

and joined the Winston-                                        Bro. Battjes on being   President           11

Salem Police Depart.                                           the 2017 Fraternal      One of Two 25 Year

where he has served for                                        Order of Police         Retirement Bills Inches

over 11 years. Brother                                         Officer of the Year     Forward             13

Battjes has been a                                             Award recipient!        Retirement “Defined
                                                                                       Contribution” Bill by
member of Lodge 8 From left to right, 2017 FOP Officer of      Please remember         NC FOP Legislative
                                                                                       Agent, Jeff Gray 15
since June 2015. During   the Year recipient Corporal Daniel   that the nominations
his time at the Winston-  Battjes and Bruce Gouge of Lodge 8.  for the 2017 Mark

Salem Police Depart., Brother Battjes has Tucker Memorial Award are now open.          The Forgotten Ones by
                                                                                       State Sergeant at
served as a patrol officer and currently I will be sending out the nominations         Arms, Greg Brown 17

serves in the department’s Special notice soon.

Operations Division at the rank of Your Awards Committee Members                       Grand Lodge News by
                                                                                       NC National Trustee,
Corporal. His duties include investigations are: Jimmy Wingo of Harold C. Enloe        Dennis McCrary 19

in the Gang Task Force, SWAT, and the Lodge 1, Rick Eades of Iredell County            No COLA for Local
                                                                                       Government Retirees 21
Bomb Response and Disposal Squad.           Lodge 10, Greta Philbeck of Cleveland

Through his stellar work ethic and County Lodge 18, Jesse Jernigan of

dedication, Brother Battjes and his Wayne County Lodge 62, Byron                       Trivia!             21

brother and sister officers are a positive Highland of Pitt-Greenville Lodge 69,

force in their community; he puts his life Robert “Reo” Griffith of Avery County

on the line each day in bringing to justice Lodge 91, and Phil Wiggins,

violent street gang members and by Committee Advisor, of Durham County

providing special services to his agency Lodge 2.

and his city. His dedication to these ends

was clearly shown when on June 2, 2016,

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