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NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE WASHINGTON WATCH LEGISLATIVE UPDATE WEEK OF 10 MAY 2020 SALUTE TO OUR FALLEN HEROES FOP Honors 185 Officers Ultimate Sacrifice Amid Pandemic 106 Officers Have Died Due To COVID 19 Senate Passes Resolution to Honor Fallen Officers House Fails to Recognize Police Week for the Second Year in a Row PATRICK YOES National President Sign Up To Receive The FOP s Weekly Update JIM PASCO Executive Director
LEGISLATIVE NEWS AND ACTIVITY National President Patrick Yoes joined Attorney General William P Barr Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F Wolf and Jim Carroll Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy as a panelist on the White House s Police Week Briefing Call with America s Law Enforcement Executive Director Jim Pasco and the National Legislative Office staff were also on the briefing call Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Jack A Rauch Deputy Associate Director with the White House Office of Public Liaison regarding the Administration s actions to combat the coronavirus FOP s video memorial tribute to honor our fallen officers the President s meeting with FOP members during his trip to Pennsylvania pending legislation and the White House s Police Week briefing call Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Tim Shea Interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia regarding recent instances of violence against law enforcement officers Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Brian Dorow Deputy Assistant Secretary Office for State and Local Law Enforcement OSLLE regarding the White House s Police Week briefing call as well as issues pertaining to law enforcement officers acquiring personal protective equipment PPE and COVID 19 tests FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE GLFOP GLFOP FOPnational
LEGISLATIVE NEWS AND ACTIVITY Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Jeffrey R Favitta Senior Law Enforcement Advisor to the Attorney General regarding the FOP s request for the Department of Justice DOJ to issue a Statement of Interest in the New Jersey FOP s LEOSA case against the New Jersey Attorney General and State Police Commissioner Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Rachel Bissex Deputy Chief of Staff to the Attorney General regarding the ongoing cooperative efforts between the DOJ and the FOP Executive Director Jim Pasco spoke with Dean M Kueter Jr Executive Director of the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice regarding the White House s Police Week briefing call activities related to the Commission and pending action Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson presented on behalf of the FOP at an informational webinar briefing for congressional staff entitled Supporting Public Safety s Response to COVID 19 Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson spoke with Representative Carolyn B Maloney D NY regarding her draft legislation that would create a compensation fund modeled on the 9 11 Victims Compensation Fund for law enforcement and other essential workers who are injured or impacted by the COVID 19 pandemic FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE GLFOP GLFOP FOPnational
LEGISLATIVE NEWS AND ACTIVITY Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson spoke with Hope D Janke Director of the Office of Public Safety Officers Benefits PSOB program about pending legislation and how the PSOB program under current law processes death benefits claims of officer s who took their own lives owing to a duty related mental illness like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson spoke with minority staff of the House Judiciary Committee about the Public Safety Officers Benefits PSOB program and pending legislation Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson spoke with staff in the office of Senator Patrick J Leahy D VT about the need for legislation to amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act to suspend the qualification requirement for qualified retired law enforcement officers for the duration of the national emergency and a potential companion bill for H R 1156 the LEOSA Reform Act Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson participated in a virtual hearing of the Police Officer Health Working Group of the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice at which Dr Darren L Higginbotham presented on Best Practices for Police Officer Mental Wellness FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE GLFOP GLFOP FOPnational
LEGISLATIVE NEWS AND ACTIVITY Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson participated in a virtual hearing of the Social Problems Impacting Public Safety Working Group at which Hallie Fader Towe program director for Behavioral Health at the Council of State Governments presented Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson participated in a virtual hearing of the Recruitment Retention and Training Working Group of the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice at which the following persons presented William Bill Johnson Executive Director National Association of Police Organizations Inc NAPO Mark Napier Sheriff Pima County AZ Michael Harrison Commissioner Baltimore MD and Sylvia Moir Chief Tempe AZ Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson participated in two virtual hearings of the Recruitment Retention and Training Working Group of the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice at which the following persons presented Erik Bourgerie Director Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training POST Ric Bradshaw Sheriff Palm Beach County FL and Grady Judd Sheriff Polk County FL Legislative Liaison Mark McDonald spoke with Amy Huston Lead Chief of Staff State Outreach and Consultation for AT T s FirstNet program regarding a new partnership between the FOP and FirstNet Built With AT T FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE GLFOP GLFOP FOPnational
THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON D C THE WHITE HOUSE President Donald J Trump delivered a special video message at this year s National Peace Officers Memorial Service President Donald J Trump took time to meet with the State leadership and members of the FOP during his trip to Pennsylvania FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE GLFOP GLFOP FOPnational