President Trump Signs Vital Bill that Addresses Officer Suicides  Patrick Yoes, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, thanked President Trump for signing H.R. 3735/S. 2746, the “Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act,” into law on Tuesday.  “Law enforcement officers, unfortunately, see the very worst of humanity with some statistics suggesting that a police officer will experience more traumatic events in six months than the average person will experience i...

The National Fraternal Order of Police has had positive and productive conversations with Democrats and Republicans in both the House and Senate to build a bipartisan consensus on legislation to improve policing in our country. We believe that there are broad areas of agreement and that it is possible to build consensus on issues like data collection, agency accreditation, expanded use of body-worn cameras and improved training. We also need to work for more consistent adoption of nationall...

Brothers and Sisters, The last few weeks have been difficult times for our profession both here in Colorado and nationwide. As you are all aware SB 20-217 “Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity” was introduced into the Colorado General Assembly by Democratic leadership on June 3, 2020. I know that each of you has struggled the last few weeks wanting to know exactly what was being done in regards to this legislation and its ultimate impact on each of us and our profession. And although we...

Brothers and Sisters, This year has been incredibly difficult as a Peace Officer. Recent events in Minnesota may have turned it into the most negative historical year any of us will experience in our careers. Some of you may be feeling lost while we traverse the political landscape and community backlash a horrific use of force tragedy has created. Reform will happen, it should happen. As each of you is aware a hastily written bill has been introduced into the Colorado General Assembly pro...

National FOP Vice President Joe Gamaldi and Harris Faulkner discuss the radical left wing push to dissolve law enforcement. In an interview on "Outnumbered Overtime" with host Harris Faulkner, National VOP Vice-President Joe Gamaldi said that he recognizes that the "radical" idea makes for a popular Twitter hashtag that "all the virtue-signaling politicians and Hollywood elites" can use, but is not sure that those calling for defunding law enforcement know what that process would "actually lo...

“As a nation, we cannot rebuild our communities or the trust in police until the fires are out.” Our nation was justifiably horrified by the death of George Floyd, and we share in the pain and anger from the communities we protect. The Fraternal Order of Police has confidence in our criminal justice system. This incident is being thoroughly investigated: All four officers were fired the day after the incident, and now all four have been charged. We are heartened that the case will be hand...

A Global Pandemic has forced a majority of our community to stay indoors and take preventive measures in order to ensure that we keep our families safe and healthy. This means sweeping changes are taking place all over the nation on a daily basis, while times like this can feel like our world has turned upside down we assure you that the one thing you can count on is your local Law Enforcement standing by you as vigilant as ever. We work around the clock no matter the circumstance to keep...