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JIM PASCOPATRICK YOES THE VOICE OF OUR NATION'S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
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National President Patrick Yoes joined the California State
FOP, virtually, for the installation of the State's newest
Lodge, the Riverside Sheriffs' Association Lodge #951.
We’re excited to welcome the more than 4,000 men and
women of the Riverside Sheriffs' Association Lodge #951
to our nation’s oldest and largest law enforcement labor
organization—the National Fraternal Order of Police!
National President Patrick Yoes gave numerous media interviews regarding law
enforcement challenges on the horizon, the increase of violence toward law
enforcement officers across the country, and the recruitment and retention crisis.
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Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Heather Fong, Acting Assistant Secretary for
State and Local Law Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS),
in advance of a call she hosted on expanding the accessibility of DHS grant programs
for State and local law enforcement.
Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Vanita Gupta, U.S. Associate Attorney General,
about the ongoing efforts to implement the Executive Order on Advancing Effective,
Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public
Safety.
Executive Director Jim Pasco and Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson
represented the FOP on a stakeholders call hosted by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary
Alejandro H. Mayorkas to discuss the Department’s grant programs.
Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Erika Dinkel-Smith, Director of Labor
Engagement at the White House, about law enforcement vacancies throughout the
Federal government as well as about the policing apprenticeship program the FOP is
developing.
Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with
Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
about the progress being made to better
secure the southern border.
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Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson spoke with
stakeholders and staff in the office of Representative John H.
Rutherford (R-FL) regarding the re-introduction of the “Homes for
Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act."
Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson spoke with staff in the
office of Representative Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) to discuss
H.R. 27, the “Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act.”
Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson and Legislative
Liaison David Taboh met with staff in the office of
Representative John R. Carter (R-TX) to discuss the
reauthorization of the hiring program administered by the Office
of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and ways to
make Federal resources available to address recruitment and
retention issues.
Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson and Legislative
Liaison David Taboh met with majority staff on the Committee
on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and
Homeland Security.
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Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson and Legislative Liaison Asa Render met with
staff in the office of Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) to discuss the “Protect and
Serve Act” and other issues of mutual interest and cooperation.
Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson spoke with stakeholders and staff in the
office of Senator John Cornyn III (R-TX) about draft legislation addressing instances of
concussions and other traumatic brain injuries amongst law enforcement officers.
Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson met with minority staff on the Committee on
the Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security.
Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson and Legislative Liaison Asa Render met with
staff in the office of Representative Abigail A. Spanberger (D-VA) to discuss the
“Protect and Serve Act” and other issues of mutual interest and cooperation.
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President Joseph R. Biden Jr., accompanied by U.S. Homeland Secretary
Alejandro N. Mayorkas, visited the southern border in El Paso, Texas for the first
time during his presidency. While at the border, the President visited a section of
the border wall, spoke with U.S. Border Patrol agents, and toured a migrant center.