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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

Inside This Issue

2017 Officer of the Year Directory 3

By Phillip Ferguson – Awards Committee Chairman 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 9

County Sheriff’s Office, Congratulations to Message from the

and joined the Winston- Bro. Battjes on being President 13

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 17

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 19
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 21

serves in the department’s Special notice soon. Grand Lodge News by
NC National Trustee,
Operations Division at the rank of Your Awards Committee Members Dennis McCrary 23

Corporal. His duties include investigations are: Jimmy Wingo of Harold C. Enloe

in the Gang Task Force, SWAT, and the Lodge 1, Rick Eades of Iredell County No COLA for Local
Government Retirees 27
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! 27

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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