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LEG I S LAT I V E N E W S & A CTI V I TY
National President Patrick Yoes worked out of the National Headquarters in
Nashville, TN this week.
National President Patrick Yoes participated in a virtual meeting of the
National FOP's Board of Trustees.
National President Patrick Yoes participated in a briefing from Kenneth L.
Wainstein, Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis in the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, regarding information sharing with local
and State law enforcement agencies.
National President Patrick Yoes gave numerous media interviews regarding
law enforcement line-of-duty deaths, the increase of violence toward law
enforcement officers across the country, as well as the recruitment and
retention crisis.
The family of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Howard C. Liebengood, who took his
own life a few days after being on site on 6 January, the day an angry mob
broke into the U.S. Capitol, reached out to the National FOP to let us know that
their death benefit claim was approved by the Public Safety Officers’ Benefit
(PSOB) Program. While no amount of money will bring Howie back to his
family, it is an important acknowledgement of the fact that law enforcement
suicides are service-connected and should be seen for what they are—line of
duty deaths. Howie’s family will always be part of our family and we are happy
with the outcome in the matter of this claim.