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NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
LEG I S LAT I V E N E W S & A CTI V I TY
Executive Director Jim Pasco had a lengthy discussion with John Cohen,
former Acting Under-Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) and
Counterterrorism Coordinator for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), regarding the domestic terrorism threat to law enforcement.
Executive Director Jim Pasco met with Director of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Steven M. Dettelbach to discuss
ways to strengthen the already strong bonds between ATF and State and local
law enforcement.
Executive Director Jim Pasco gave numerous media interviews regarding
various topics, including the recruitment and retention issue that agencies are
facing nationwide as well as the surge in violent crime.
Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson represented the FOP at an in-
person stakeholder meeting with staff in the office of Representative Kevin O.
McCarthy (R-CA), the House Minority Leader, and senior minority staff with
the Committee on Energy and Commerce to discuss changes to H.R. 8152,
the “America Data Privacy and Protection Act.”
Legislative Liaison Matt Brown attended an open house at the headquarters
of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to examine
new initiatives and technologies that the agency is developing.