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Message from President… Continued from P. 1
I would like to thank all those that participated in
Congratulations to our 2016 Mark R. Tucker Memorial the process and we wish you the best of luck in the up-
Award winner, Martin “Marty “Wilson of Harold C. En- coming election.
As most of you know, the National FOP has the rights
loe Lodge 1. Marty received the award for his dedicated for the Presidential endorsement. The National Board
of Directors will make that decision at their upcoming
and dauntless service Fall Board Meeting being held September 16-17 in
to the Brothers and Sisters in FOP Lodge 1. I would Nashville, Tennessee. Each member of the National
also add Marty’s work on behalf of the State Lodge, as Board of Directors will vote on the endorsement. I was
well, to his list of accomplishments. Good job Marty! fortunate to have served on the National FOP Presiden-
tial Screening Committee along with John McNesby of
Congratulations are also in order for five members Pennsylvania and Steve James of California. Question-
of the Macon County Sheriff’s Office who received a Ci- naires were sent to both presidential candidates with a
tation of Valor from the NC State FOP for actions they number of questions regarding everything from em-
took on June 4, 2015 when they apprehended two sus- ployee rights issues to law enforcement issues. Ms.
pects who had begun a plan to conduct a mass shoot- Clinton failed to return her questionnaire and certainly
ing at an area elementary school. These deputies was not interested in our endorsement process. Mr.
without regard for their own safety assisted in stop- Trump did return his and wanted to meet with the com-
ping this attack at the school and arrested both sus- mittee for further discussion. Our committee met with
pects. These deputies were honored by all attending Mr. Trump on August 5th in New York. The meeting was
and received the Citation of Valor from NCFOP: held at Trump Tower and lasted about 40 minutes. We
started out by discussing Hate Crime Legislation and
Sgt. Michael Langley Sr. voiced our concern about the increase in violence
Corp. Jonathan Phillips against police. He was surprised with some of the num-
Dep. Anthony Hopkins bers provided regarding assaults of law enforcement
Dep. Blake Buchanan officers and stopped the conversation at one point to
take notes. In the questionnaire it was clear that he felt
Dep. Audrey Parrish some of our issues were state rights issues. With that in
mind President Canterbury asked him if would vow to
Members attending the State Conference heard not support a National Right To Work Bill. Not surpris-
from a number of candidates running for various of- ingly, he said that he would listen to our concerns but
fices across the State. NCFOP members heard from would support legislation that he felt was best for Amer-
and asked questions of both candidates for Governor,
Pat McCrory and Roy Cooper. Attorney General candi- icans. He assured our committee that he would clear the
dates Buck Newton and Josh Stein attended and of-
fered remarks on their candidacy. Also joining us backlog of PSOB claims in his first 100 days. He also said
were Dale Folwell, candidate for State Treasurer,
Wayne Goodwin, incumbent for NC Insurance Com- he would strike the Executive Order that restricted the 10-
missioner, Robert Edmonds and Michael Morgan,
seeking re-election and election to NC Supreme Court, 33 program. Both of these issues are important to many of
and Court of Appeal candidates Richard Dietz, Robert
N. Hunter, Linda Stephens, Valerie Zachary, and our members. Our committee agreed that overall he
Hunter Murphy. At the conclusion of the presenta-
tions motions were made and passed to endorse the seemed to be supportive of law enforcement and he told us
following candidates:
the FOP would be at the table to discuss important issues
Pat McCrory – Governor
Buck Newton – Attorney General as they come up. Another motion made and passed at our
Dale Folwell – Treasurer State Biennial Conference was for our National Trustee,
Wayne Goodwin – Insurance Commissioner
Dennis McCray, to cast a vote to endorse Mr. Trump at the
Michael Morgan – NC Supreme Court
Ricahrd Dietz – NC Court of Appeals upcoming National Board of Directors Meeting. We will
Robert N. Hunter – NC Court of Appeals certainly keep everyone informed of the National Board’s
Linda Stephens – NC Court of Appeals
Valerie J. Zachary – NC Court of Appeals decision.
Hunter Murphy – NC Court of Appeals
Eric C. Morgan – NC Superior Court 5th Division, Dis- I truly appreciate all the support I received during the
trict 21C State Biennial Conference and I look forward to serving the
membership for two more years. I will tell you this is not
a one person job, it will take all of us to move the North
Carolina Fraternal Order of Police forward and I will
gladly accept all the assistance possible to make it happen.
Stay Safe and please call me if I can assist you or your
lodge.
www.ncfop.org
