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BlueNoteFraternal Order of Police
Official Publication of the North Carolina State Lodge
Volume 3, Issue 32 www.ncfop.org March/April 2018
Will Washington Support Police? Inside This Issue
Chaplain’s Corner 3
By Dennis McCrary - NC National Trustee BlueNote Information
The National FOP just completed its Day on the Hill Program in Washington on Feb- and Submission
ruary 14. State President Randy Hagler is Chairman of the Grand Lodge Legislative Com- Deadlines 3
mittee and that committee is the primary sponsor of this event. NC State FOP Treasurer Upcoming Events
Chet Effler, Vice President Bobby Gaddy and I attended this event on behalf of the State from Immediate Past
FOP. Also, Scott Gerson from Lodge 9 and Roy Taylor from Lodge 67 joined us in the President 11
visits to our members of Congress and our two Senators. Information from
Secretary’s Desk 11
The event began on February 12 with a presentation by Chairman Randy Hagler, FOP
National President Chuck Canterbury and members of the FOP Legislative Office in
Washington. We were provided material to Treasurer Folwell
present to the elected officials we were go- Reports 13.5% Return
ing to meet with and talking points to use in for Pension Plan in
our meetings. 2017 13
Starting the morning of February 13 we FOP Leadership
Matters Training 13
began meeting with our NC officials repre-
senting us in DC. Our NC FOP delegation Update on 25 Year
divided the meetings between us and was Retirement 17
successful in meeting with either the
elected official or their representative from Durham County
Lodge 2 Activities 21
10 of our 13 officials in Washington. We
were well received by each of the legisla- Picture from Lodge
41 sponsoring the
tive offices but time will tell how success- Cary Academy
Robotics Team 21
ful we may have been. A feedback form NCFOP Delegation resting between meetings
was completed for our FOP Legislative
Office documenting the positions, if any, that the legislator had on our priorities. Members Trivia! 25
of the FOP Washington Legislative Office will follow-up with those legislators that indi-
cated they may support our positions to hold them to their word. Fraternal Order of
Police Auxiliary 25
Included in this issue of the BlueNote is a list of the four Grand Lodge priorities that
were presented in our meetings. We also asked the legislators to please support legislation
to make targeting a law enforcement officer for assault to be made a federal crime. There Status of the “Blue
Alert” Program 29
has been no legislation introduced as of this date that would make this law but it is ex-
pected that such legislation will be introduced in the near future. Additional material that Peace Officers
Memorial Day
we provided to each legislator was a detailed list of bills that are currently being considered Ceremony Flier
in the House or Senate that are supported by the FOP. Also a list of bills that we do not 36
support was provided. The legislators were asked to please consult this list on any legisla-
tion that involves law enforcement officers to see our position. We requested that on any
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