FOP Update - May 20, 2022

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On this week's episode of the Blue View, National President Patrick Yoes sat
down with Gregg Pemberton, Chairman of the D.C. Metropolitan Police
Department Labor Committee, to discus how the District of Columbia is
experiencing a crisis on multiple fronts.
National President Patrick Yoes participated in the FOP's 41st Annual Peace
Officers' Memorial Service held in Washington, D.C.

National President Patrick Yoes and National Sergeant-at-Arms Keith Turney

attended the Medal of Valor ceremony at the White House for numerous

public safety officers presented by President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

National President Patrick Yoes joined Dan Abrams on NewsNation’s Dan

Abrams Live to discuss Police Week 2022, the recruitment and retention

crisis, and the challenges facing law enforcement officers across the country.

National President Patrick Yoes and Members of the Executive Board

attended the Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) annual Blue Gala.

Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with U.S. Associate Attorney General

Vanita Gupta regarding grant funding and current vacancies at the U.S.

Department of Justice (DOJ).

Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Heather Fong, Counselor to the

Secretary of Homeland Security, regarding cyber crimes and concerns over

domestic terrorism.

Executive Director Jim Pasco gave numerous media interviews regarding the

Fiscal Year 2023 budget request, criminal justice reform, and the nationwide

increase in violent crime.

National President Patrick Yoes gave numerous media interviews regarding

law enforcement line-of-duty deaths and the increase of violence towards law

enforcement officers across the country.

National President Patrick Yoes attended the Colorado State FOP

Conference in Vail, Colorado.

Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Marvin Richardson, Deputy Director

of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), regarding

the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) to assist in

addressing gun violence.

Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson served as a panelist on criminal

justice reform at the Policy Summit of the National Criminal Justice

Association.

Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson joined Sherri Martin, the FOP’s

Director of Officer Wellness, at a virtual meeting of the International

Association of Chiefs of Police's (IACP) National Consortium on Preventing

Law Enforcement Suicide.

Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson had daily conversations with

House majority and minority leadership as well as House Judiciary

Committee leadership and members regarding the House consideration of

H.R. 2292, the “TBI and PTSD Law Enforcement Training Act,” and H.R. 6943,

the “Public Safety Officer Support Act.” Both bills passed the House with

overwhelming bipartisan support.

S. 2151, the “Strong Communities Act”

S. 3635, the “Public Safety Officer Support Act”

S. 3860, the “Invest to Protect Act”

S. 4003, the “Law Enforcement De-escalation Training Act” and

S. 4007, the “Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act.”

Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson had daily conversations with the

majority and minority leadership of the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding

this week’s mark-up of the following bills:

Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson had repeated conversations with

Senator Charles E. Grassley’s (R-IA) Judiciary Committee staff regarding S.

3635, the “Public Safety Officer Support Act.”

Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson had repeated conversations with

staff in the offices of Senators John Cornyn III (R-TX) and Sheldon

Whitehouse (D-RI) regarding S. 4003, the “Law Enforcement De-escalation

Training Act.”

Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson and Legislative Liaison Mark

McDonald spoke with staff in the office of Representative Donald J. Bacon

(R-NE) regarding the FOP’s ongoing effort to ensure that all civilian law

enforcement officers employed by the U.S. Department of Defense have a

credential identifying them as such.

Timothy M. Kaine (D-VA)

Robert J. Portman (R-OH)

Debra S. Fischer (R-NE)

L. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)

Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-NV)

Jacklyn S. Rosen (D-NV)

Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson and Legislative Liaison Mark

McDonald attended calls with staff regarding H.R. 2499/S. 1116, the “Federal

Firefighters Fairness Act,” and the need to include Federal law enforcement

officers in the proposed reforms to the current Federal workman’s

compensation program in the offices of Senators: