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@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPExecutive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Jack A. Rauch,Special Assistant to the President, regarding the homelessnessand mental illness crises as well as the December schedule.Executive Director Pasco and Mr. Rauch also discussed theFOP's request for President Donald J. Trump to grant apresidential pardon to Stephanie Mohr, a former officer withthe Prince George’s County Police Department in Maryland,who—after a second trial in 2001—was unjustly convicted andsentenced to ten yearsfor the actions of hercanine partner.CLICK HERECLICK HERENational President Patrick Yoes had numerous meetings withFOP leadership in preparation of launching the FOP's Mediaand Community Relations Toolkit.LEGISLATIVE NEWS & ACTIVITYF R A T E R N A L O R D E R O F P O L I C Eto read the letter thatNational President Yoessent to President Trumpurging him to pardonStephanie Mohr.

@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPF R A T E R N A L O R D E R O F P O L I C ELEGISLATIVE NEWS & ACTIVITYExecutive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Dean M. Kueter, Jr.,Executive Director of the Presidential Commission on LawEnforcement and the Administration of Justice, regarding therecently released draft report from the Commission. To readthe draft report, pleaseCLICK HEREExecutive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Brian Dorow, DeputyAssistant Secretary, Office for State and Local Law Enforcement(OSLLE) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS),regarding immigration issues.Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Greg Schultz, SeniorAdvisor to the President-Elect, as well as members of theBiden-Harris Presidential Transition's agency review teams forthe U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Securityregarding transition issues.

@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPSenior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson spoke with staff inthe office of Senator Thomas R. Tillis (R-NC) regarding S.4605, the "Protect and Serve Act."F R A T E R N A L O R D E R O F P O L I C ELEGISLATIVE NEWS & ACTIVITYSenior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson and LegislativeLiaison Rebecca Tyus spoke with staff in the office of SenatorChristopher A. Coons (D-DE) regarding S. 4186, the "Drivingfor Opportunity Act," and S. 4605, the "Protect and Serve Act."Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson and LegislativeLiaison Rebecca Tyus had a call with staff in the office ofSenator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Representative H.Thompson Rice Jr. (R-SC) regarding the Community OrientedPolicing Services (COPS) reauthorization bill.Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson presented to ameeting of the National Criminal Justice Association.Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson spoke with staff inthe office of Senator John Cornyn III (R-TX) regarding S. 2174,the "Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act."

@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPSenior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson and LegislativeLiaison Rebecca Tyus had several calls with stakeholdergroups regarding anti-money laundering language in theNational Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).F R A T E R N A L O R D E R O F P O L I C ELEGISLATIVE NEWS & ACTIVITYSenior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson, Legislative LiaisonMark McDonald and Legislative Liaison Rebecca Tyusparticipated in the Operation Warp Speed briefing call, hostedby Senior Administrations officials, regarding theAdministration’s recent activity to combat COVID-19 and theOperation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit at the White House.Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson and LegislativeLiaison Rebecca Tyus had a call with staff in the office ofRepresentative James D. Jordan (R-OH) regarding S. 4186, the"Driving for Opportunity Act," and H.R. 8772/S. 2174, the"Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act."

@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPPresident Donald J. Trump hosted an Operation Warp SpeedVaccine Summit at the White House, during which he signed anExecutive Order to ensure all Americans have access to thecoronavirus vaccine before the U.S. government begins aidingnations around the world. At the Vaccine Summit, Federalofficials provided updates on the COVID-19 vaccine process.Executives from the private sector, such as FedEx, UPS, CVSand Walgreens, gave remarks at the summit and detailed thelogistical plans for distribution of the vaccine, once approvedby the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. THE WHITE HOUSEF R A T E R N A L O R D E R O F P O L I C ETHIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON

@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPThe House passed the “Corporate Transparency Act" as part ofthe "National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)" on a 335-78vote. The NDAA authorizes the appropriations and sets forthpolicies for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) programs andactivities. This legislation, which the FOP has been working on tocombat money laundering since 2006, will allow for the collectionof simple, yet actionable, beneficial ownership information to beused in combating this misuse of U.S. companies. The NDAA wastransmitted to the Senate for further action.To read President Yoes' statement on the passage of the NDAA,pleaseTHE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESCCLICK HERELICK HEREF R A T E R N A L O R D E R O F P O L I C ETHIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON

@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPThe Senate spent the week confirming judicial nominees.F R A T E R N A L O R D E R O F P O L I C ETHE UNITED STATES SENATETHIS WEEK IN WASHINGTONThe Senate considered and passed the "National DefenseAuthorization Act (NDAA)" on a 84-13 vote. The "CorporateTransparency Act," a piece of legislation that the FOP has beenworking on since 2006 to combat money laundering, wasincluded in the NDAA.The bill will now go the President, who has repeatedlyannounced his intention to veto the bill because the legislationincludes the renaming of certain military installations and doesnot include Section 230 reforms on technology firms andinternet providers—which he had specifically requestedCongress do. If the President vetoes the bill and returns it toCongress, or exercises a "pocket veto" by not signing it into lawwithin 10 days, Congress will have to reconvene to overridethat veto.The Senate Committee on Homeland Security andGovernmental Affairs held a hearing entitled: "Early OutpatientTreatment: An Essential Part of a COVID-19 Solution, Part II."

DECEMBER 9:The National Legislative Officeprovided FOP members withinformation, released by the FederalEmergency Management Agency,regarding five ways to save livesduring the holiday season and theCOVID-19 pandemic.DECEMBER 10:The National Legislative Officeprovided FOP members withinformation, released by the NationalInstitutes of Health, regarding a toolto help organizations plan their COVID-19 testing strategy.DECEMBER 7:The National Legislative Officeprovided FOP members withinformation, released by the WhiteHouse, regarding an extension of thegovernors’ use of the National Guardto respond to COVID-19.DECEMBER 8:The National Legislative Officeprovided FOP members withinformation, released by the U.S. Foodand Durg Administration, regardingthe authorization of a COVID-19 andflu combination test for use withhome-collected samples.@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPCOVID-19 Information for Law EnforcementProtecting Public Safety and HealthFRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICEBeen Exposed? Are You Sick?READ MORE READ MORE READ MOREF R A T E R N A L O R D E R O F P O L I C ERECENT COVID-19 ACTIVITYREAD MOREREAD MOREREAD MOREREAD MOREREAD MOREREAD MOREREAD MOREREAD MOREFOPCOVID19.ORG

@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPTOP LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIESF R A T E R N A L O R D E R O F P O L I C EThis bill would recognize the right of law enforcement and other publicsafety officers to bargain collectively with their employers.The “Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act”COSPONSORS21917S. 1394COSPONSORS21227206H.R. 1154This bill would expand the definition of "law enforcement officer" for salaryand retirement benefits to include all Federal law enforcement officers.The “Law Enforcement Officers’ Equity Act"COSPONSORS165S. 473COSPONSORS146046H.R. 1195This bill would repeal both the "Windfall Elimination Provision" and the"Government Pension Offset" in current Social Security law.The “Social Security Fairness Act”COSPONSORS53833S. 521COSPONSORS61+1 NEW THIS WEEK264203H.R. 141

@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPFRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICEFor more information or to see the full list of legislation supportedby the FOP, pleaseCLICK HERELEGISLATIVE PRIORITIESThis bill would amend the Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act (LEOSA), whichexempts qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from local and Stateprohibitions on the carriage of concealed firearms, to ensure that these officers areable to carry in the same venues as civilian concealed carry permit holders in areaslike schools and national parks, as well as use public transportation and extendsthe exemption to magazine capacity and would allow active and retired lawenforcement officers to access services at U.S. post offices, Social SecurityAdministration offices or Veterans' Affairs facilities.The "LEOSA Reform Act"The "Protect and Serve Act"This bill would would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcementofficer with an assault that results in seriously bodily harm or death.COSPONSORS36360H.R. 1156COSPONSORS16160S. 4605COSPONSORS46559H.R. 1325for more resources on our legislative priorities.CLICK HERE

@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPFRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENational President Patrick Yoes sent a letter to President Trump thanking him forhis leadership on Operation Warp Speed and expressed the importance of lawenforcement personnel having expedited access to the vaccinesLETTER

@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPFRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENational President Patrick Yoes sent a letter to Congressional leadership seekingtheir help to ensure that our law enforcement personnel are guaranteed expeditedaccess to vaccines developed by Operation Warp SpeedLETTER

@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPFRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICENational President Patrick Yoes released the following statement regarding theHouse passage of the “Corporate Transparency Act” as part of the NDAAPRESS RELEASE

@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPFRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICEThe U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)released a new report, Roadmap to Implementing an Effective Unmanned Aircraft System(UAS) Program, with its partners at the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)REPORT

@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPFRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICEThe U.S. Department of Justice released a draft of the President’s Commission onLaw Enforcement and the Administration of Justice report. Staff in the NationalLegislative Office is preparing an analysis on the report's recommendations.REPORT

@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPTWEET OF THE WEEKFRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICESHARESHARERRETWEETETWEETLLIKEIKE

AS OF 30 NOVEMBER 2020@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPFRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICEOFFICERS SHOT & KILLEDAlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinois50107214001282610IndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontana5142130111334200NebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaPuerto Rico1301110103135262Rhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWashington, D.C.West VirginiaWisconsinWyoming09063330841160O F F I C E R SO F F I C E R S

AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaGuamHawaiiIdahoIllinois509118110191020012IndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontana30212302281341NebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaPuerto Rico010140359072095Rhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWashington, DCWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingAmerican Samoa050269003340100AS OF 11 DECEMBER 2020The FOP’s goal is to maintain anaccurate list of law enforcementofficers who have died in the lineof duty due to COVID-19.To ensure that every officer isaccounted for, if you are awareof an officer that has recentlydied in the line of duty due toCOVID-19, please email: Mark McDonaldmmcdonald@fop.netPlease include the officer’sinformation and a link to eithera media report or an obituary.@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPFRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICECOVID-19 LINE-OF-DUTY DEATHS

@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPOn June 16, 2020, President Donald J. Trump signed the“Executive Order on Safe Policing for Safe Communities.”A collection of resources for law enforcement agenciesand officers can be found in the links below to assist withimplementing Executive Order No. 13929. This page willbe regularly updated with more resources as theybecome available.FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICEThe following was released by the COPS OfficeANNOUNCEMENT THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ONSAFE POLICING FOR SAFE COMMUNITIESIMPLEMENTATION FACT SHEETIMPLEMENTATION FACT SHEETLIST OF CREDENTIALLING BODIESLIST OF CREDENTIALLING BODIESPRINCIPLES ON SAFE POLICING AND USE OF FORCEPRINCIPLES ON SAFE POLICING AND USE OF FORCEVISIT THE COPS OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATIONVISIT THE COPS OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION

@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPU.S. law enforcement agencies will soon reach the FBI’sdeadline to switch their crime statistics reporting systemfrom the Summary Reporting System (SRS) to the NationalIncident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).On January 1, 2021, the FBI will retire SRS as part of a majorinitiative to upgrade and update the nation’s crime statistics.F R A T E R N A L O R D E R O F P O L I C EThe following was released by the FBIANNOUNCEMENTTo see answers to questions you may have about why the FBIis retiring SRS, how it will affect crime statistics, and the roleof law enforcement agencies, pleaseCLICK HERECLICK HERE

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@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPF R A T E R N A L O R D E R O F P O L I C ESOCIAL SECURITY FAIRNESSThe WEP reduces the Social Security benefit of retired public employees who receive agovernment pension from employment not covered by Social Security, but who earnedthe benefit from covered employment. A law enforcement officer who retired aftertwenty years or more on the job, who then begins a second career in the private sector,could lose up to sixty percent (60%) of his Social Security benefit because of the WEP.Similarly, the GPO affects the survivor's benefit by reducing it by two-thirds of theamount of the government pension the survivor is entitled to receive. In most cases, thiscompletely eliminates the benefit for the surviving spouse.The FOP strongly supports the passage of H.R. 141/S. 521, the "Social Security FairnessAct," which would fully repeal both the "Windfall Elimination Provision" (WEP) and the"Government Pension Offset" (GPO) in current Social Security law. It's Past Time for Congress to pass theSOCIAL SECURITY FAIRNESS ACTHELP US REPEAL THE WINDFALL ELIMINATION (WEP)AND THE GOVERNMENT PENSION OFFSET (GPO)TO CONTACT YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESSCLICK HERE

The Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC)provides no cost, customized technical assistance solutions designed tomeet the unique needs of state, local, tribal, & campus law enforcementagencies throughout the U.S.The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) provides innovative leadership tofederal, state, local, and tribal justice systems, by disseminating state-of-theart knowledge and practices across America, and providing grants for theimplementation of these crime fighting strategies. The COPS Office awards grants to hire community policing professionals,develop and test innovative policing strategies, and provide training andtechnical assistance to community members, local government leaders, andall levels of law enforcement.@GLFOP@FOPNATIONAL@GLFOP@GLFOPVisit WebsiteVisit WebsiteVisit WebsiteVisit WebsiteVisit WebsiteVisit WebsiteF R A T E R N A L O R D E R O F P O L I C EU.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEOffice of Justice Programs

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