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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Brothers and Sisters,
I am pleased to announce that our
State Chaplain, Phil Wiggins, has been honored by the
Grand Lodge, Fraternal Order of
Police.
President Chuck Canterbury announced on Friday March 5 during our National Board Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, that NC State Chaplain Phil Wiggins has been appointed as the National Chaplain for the Grand Lodge.
I am extremely happy for Phil and know he is most deserving of the position. I am sure you all join with me in congratulating him on receiving this most important and deserving honor.
Fraternally,
NC FOP LODGE #46 MEMBER,
SCOTT PARKER, OF ROCKY MOUNT, NOMINATED TO
SERVE AS U.S. MARSHAL FOR THE EASTERN
DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan (D-NC) today congratulated Scott Parker, of Rocky Mount, whom President Obama has nominated to serve as U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Hagan recommended Parker to the Obama administration last July. Parker currently serves as the Nash County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division Commander and is also a member of the FBI Safe Streets Gang Task force for Nash and surrounding counties. Scott is an active member of the Rocky Mount FOP Lodge #46 and serves on several committees for the State FOP Lodge.
"Scott Parker has had a distinguished 22 year career in law enforcement," said Hagan. "His extensive experience working with federal agencies on drug enforcement and organized crime cases over the past two decades makes him uniquely qualified to serve as U.S. Marshal for North Carolina's Eastern District. I was proud to recommend him to the President. I will be working with my colleagues to expedite Mr. Parker's Senate confirmation."
In March, Hagan convened a four-person, statewide panel, led by former North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Burley Mitchell, to screen candidates for U.S. Attorney, U.S. District Court Judge and U.S. Marshal appointments. Hagan recommended Parker to President Obama last July.
Congratulations to Lt. Scott Parker!
The Fraternal Order Of Police is the oldest and largest law enforcement organization in the world.
Founded in 1915, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the FOP has grown to over 325,000 members with affiliate lodges in Canada and Ireland.
Over 1,000 of the 2,100 lodges operate under collective bargaining agreements.
Welcome to our NC FOP State Lodge site!
The FOP in North Carolina emerged on the scene in 1954, with the first lodge located in Asheville. Today Harold C. Enloe Lodge #1 has over 250 members and continues with the slogan, "Building on a proud tradition".
Currently there are fifty-five local lodges totaling over 6,300 law enforcement officers from the mountains to the coast.
FOP MAKES STRONG PUSH ON BARGAINING BILL
FOP President Leads Effort to Include Our Bill on End of Year Agenda
Chuck Canterbury, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, spent all of last week in Washington, D.C. working in tandem with the staff in the National Legislative Office in an effort to get the language of S. 1611, “Public Employee-Employer Cooperation Act,” incorporated into several likely pieces of legislation that Congress will be considering before ending the session.
“We’re cautiously optimistic,” Canterbury said. “Congress has several bills that it must complete before concluding its business for the year. The fact is, we have a lot of bipartisan support for the bill and we’ve approached it in a very honest and open way. We do have a chance of getting this done.”
The legislation, which was introduced by Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) and the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), would recognize the fundamental right of public safety employees to form and join unions and bargain collectively with their employers over wages, hours, and working conditions without undermining existing State collective bargaining laws. The legislation does not require binding arbitration, protects existing right-to-work laws, and specifically prohibits strikes and lockouts. The bill has attracted a lot of support in the House and Senate from both sides of the aisle.
“The FOP and our friends at the International Association of Fire Fighters have been working to pass this legislation for more than a decade,” Canterbury said. “Just as we were very close last May, winning a key procedural vote, I do think we have the support we need. It’s the timing.”
News Releases
FOP Makes Strong Push on Bargaining Bill
Chuck Canterbury, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, spent all of last week in Washington, D.C. working in tandem with the staff in the National Legislative Office in an effort to get the language of S. 1611, “Public Employee-Employer Cooperation Act,” incorporated into several likely pieces of legislation that Congress will be considering before ending the session.
News Release · Dec 15, 2009 
Past FOP President Honored in Oklahoma
Chuck Canterbury, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, offered congratulations to Past National President Richard Boyd, who has been selected as one of the original inductees for the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Hall of Fame.
News Release · Dec 2, 2009
Terrorist’s Speech Blocked - FOP’s Complaint to Parole Commission Prevents Travel to UMASS
Chuck Canterbury, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, was pleased to announce that, thanks to the FOP, convicted terrorist Raymond Luc Levasseur will not be an honored guest and speaker at the University of Massachusetts today.
News Release · Nov 15, 2009
NCFOP Expresses Outrage over Release of Inmates
The North Carolina State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police, has joined Governor Perdue and various victims advocacy groups expressing shock over a N.C. Supreme Court ruling that forces the early release of murderers and rapists, some of whom were originally sentenced to death.
News Release · Oct 16, 2009
News Articles
Blue Alert proposed in Senate to help track cop killers
As law enforcement authorities reported an arrest Wednesday in the ambush slaying of a Chattahoochee Hills police officer, a state senator was pushing legislation to make it easier to track and catch accused cop killers in the future.
News Article · Atlanta Journal-Constitution · Feb 18, 2010
Justices will determine privacy of government workers' messages.
When Ontario, California, Police Sgt. Jeff Quon used his city-issued text messaging pager to exchange hundreds of personal messages, some of a "sexually explicit" nature, did he have a right to expect those messages would be kept private?
News Article · CNN - Justice · Dec 14, 2009
Gun deaths tried to fray the thin blue line in '09.
The number of officers killed in the line of duty by gunfire increased 24 percent from 2008, according to preliminary statistics compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, a national nonprofit organization that tracks officer-related deaths.
News Article · Yahoo! · Dec 12, 2009
Legislative Updates
Clarify Local Special Separation Allowance
On Tuesday, June 30th, Senate Bill 986, "Clarify Local Special Separation Allowance," was approved by the House State Government/State Personnel Committee and has been referred to the House Pensions and Retirement Committee.
Legislative Update · Jun 30, 2009