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“The ability for a member or Lodge to look at the grading system and see where their member ‘grades out’ will provide them with the necessary information to make an informed decision and will provide Lodge Leadership information to keep their members informed,” Canterbury said. “It is vital that we stop endorsing candidates that say all the right things but don’t do them in Washington. It will be rare for a candidate to always be with us on every issue, but on our list of priorities it is essential that they walk the walk, not just talk the talk.”
Developed as a tool that State and local lodges can use in assessing their Members of Congress for use in the endorsement process, the Scorecard System is meant to be used in conjunction with the Congressional Questionnaires. Each Member is evaluated on their votes and bill cospsonsorships on public safety and labor issues in the 112th Congress.
The Scorecard System will be available through the Members Only section of the FOP website and will be updated regularly.
For more information, please contact the National Legislative Office at 202-547-8189.
Fraternal Order of Police
DC Lodge #1
9-11 Memorial 9-11-01 * 9-11-11
2011 marks 10 years since the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and the United States Pentagon. In remembrance and to honor the nearly 3,000 people who died that day and the many more who have died since in the ongoing war on terror, the Fraternal Order of Police DC Lodge #1 has commissioned the design and manufacture of this exclusive Memorial set. Price per set is $65.00. Check or money order is to be made payable to Collinson Enterprises, credit cards also accepted. The badge sets will be available beginning mid-February.
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Letter from National FOP President Chuck Canterbury to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on implementation of the "Law Enforcement Officer's Safety Act Improvement Act.
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President Signs
LEOSA Amendments Bill!!!
Chuck Canterbury, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, thanked President Barack H. Obama II, who kept his word and signed S. 1132, the "Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act Improvements Act," into law this evening.
"Many of our retired officers, who had been facing significant hurdles because some States have failed to implement the law as intended by Congress. will now be able to overcome those obstacles," Canterbury said.“
The legislation, which was crafted by Senator Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary and author of the original statute, will improve certain provisions of the Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act (LEOSA), especially with respect to retired law enforcement officers. Chairman Leahy worked hand-in-hand with the FOP to develop the legislation, which also makes clear that law enforcement officers employed by the Amtrak and Federal Reserve Police Departments, as well as those employed by the executive branch of the Federal Government who are classified as GS-0083s--especially the U.S. Department of Defense--meet the definition of "qualified law enforcement officer" in current law. The new law also lowers the aggregate years of service needed to meet the definition of "qualified retired law enforcement officer" from fifteen (15) to ten (10) and removes confusing language related to that same definition.
"No other law enforcement organizations or police groups took played any role in its successful passage despite intense interest in the bill on the part of active and retired officers," Canterbury said. "The FOP made this bill a top priority and we got it done."
The Fraternal Order of Police is the largest law enforcement labor organization in the country with more than 328,000 members.
Click HERE for Q/A concerning the LEOSA bill
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Date:Friday, October 15, 2010
TO: Federal Law Enforcement Officers Employed by the U.S. Department of Defense
FROM: Lou Cannon, Chairman, Federal Officers’ Committee
RE: LEOSA Improvements Act
The Federal Officers’ Committee and the National Legislative Office have received several emails, phone calls, and reports with respect to the reaction of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to the enactment of S. 1132 (now Public Law 111-272), the Law Enforcement Officers’ Safety Act Improvements Act.
We have shared these reports, and the one official directive we have received to date, with the National Legislative Office. The National Legislative Office is confident that the DoD has misinterpreted the statute and that all Federal law enforcement officers employed by the Department now meet the definition of “qualified active or qualified retired law enforcement officer” in Federal law.
However, in an abundance of caution, we are urging our members not to challenge directives, orders, or other instructions with respect to how their employers have interpreted the law. We strongly advise that you not carry under LEOSA at this time–there is no need for anyone to be a defendant in a test case.
I know many of you may be frustrated, but please remember that the amendment to LEOSA has been law for less than 72 hours. It will take some time for the changes to be reviewed and understood by all parties–especially parties hostile to the underlying statute and the FOP’s tremendous success in amending the law. Many of us have been waiting for the past six years–since the passage of the original LEOSA in 2004–we can wait a few more weeks for the Grand Lodge to get this issue settled.
To be clear, Congressional intent with the enactment of S. 1132 was to clarify that any Federal law enforcement officer classified as a GS-0083 (or any successor to that series) who is employed by the Executive Branch also be deemed to meet the definitions in 18 USC 926B and 18 USC 926C. On this point, the law reads: ...a law enforcement or police officer of the executive branch of the Federal Government qualifies as an employee of a governmental agency who is authorized by law to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of, or the incarceration of any person for, any violation of law, and has statutory powers of arrest. This makes the question of whether or not a Federal law enforcement officer employed by the DoD has statutory arrest powers moot for the purposes of LEOSA, as such officers are now by definition qualified active or retired law enforcement officers. This is the section that the DoD is misinterpreting.
Congressional intent is made even more plain in Committee Report 111-233, which accompanied S. 1132 when that bill was favorably reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Section III of that report reads: Section 2(a)(2) makes explicit that active law enforcement officers employed by the Amtrak Police Department, the Federal Reserve, or who serve as law enforcement officers ‘of the executive branch of the Federal Government' are eligible for the law's benefits.
Finally, the President acknowledged this in his statement which accompanied the announcement that he had signed the bill into law: [S. 1132] ...specifies that current and former law enforcement and police officers of the executive branch of the Federal Government and current and former law enforcement officers of the Amtrak Police Department and the Federal Reserve may generally be exempted from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons In our view, the Defense Department is wrong, and National President Canterbury and the National Legislative Office has assured me that they will be challenging their interpretation so that the men and women who the amendment was written to help will be acknowledged as “qualified active and retired law enforcement officers” and thus able to carry under LEOSA.
This also underscores the need to adopt H.R. 675, which would amend Federal law to grant law enforcement officers employed by the U.S. Department of Defense the statutory powers of arrest it claims we lack.
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1st Session
H. R. 673 To amend the definition of a law enforcement officer under subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, respectively, to ensure the inclusion of certain positions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 26, 2009
Mr. FILNER (for himself and Mr. MCHUGH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL To amend the definition of a law enforcement officer under subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, respectively, to ensure the inclusion of certain positions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the 'Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act'. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
(a) Federal Employees' Retirement System-
(1) IN GENERAL- Paragraph (17) of section 8401 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 'and' at the end of subparagraph (C), and by adding at the end the following: '
(E) an employee (not otherwise covered by this paragraph)-- '
(i) the duties of whose position include the investigation or apprehension of individuals suspected or convicted of offenses against the criminal laws of the United States; and '
(ii) who is authorized to carry a firearm; and '
(F) an employee of the Internal Revenue Service, the duties of whose position are primarily the collection of delinquent taxes and the securing of delinquent returns;'.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Section 8401(17)(C) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 'subparagraph (A) and (B)' and inserting 'subparagraphs (A), (B), (E), and (F)'.
(b) Civil Service Retirement System- Paragraph (20) of section 8331 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 'position.' (in the matter before subparagraph (A)) the following: 'For the purpose of this paragraph, the employees described in the preceding provision of this paragraph (in the matter before 'including') shall be considered to include an employee, not otherwise covered by this paragraph, who satisfies clauses (i)-(ii) of section 8401(17)(E) and an employee of the Internal Revenue Service the duties of whose position are as described in section 8401(17)(F).'.
(c) Effective Date- Except as provided in section 3, the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply only in the case of any individual first appointed as a law enforcement officer (within the meaning of those amendments) on or after such date.
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF SERVICE PERFORMED BY INCUMBENTS.
(a) Law Enforcement Officer and Service Described-
(1) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER- Any reference to a law enforcement officer described in this subsection refers to an individual who satisfies the requirements of section 8331(20) or 8401(17) of title 5, United States Code (relating to the definition of a law enforcement officer) by virtue of the amendments made by section 2.
(2) SERVICE- Any reference to service described in this subsection refers to service performed as a law enforcement officer (as described in this subsection).
(b) Incumbent Defined- For purposes of this section, the term 'incumbent' means an individual who--
(1) is first appointed as a law enforcement officer (as described in subsection (a)) before the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) is serving as such a law enforcement officer on such date.
(c) Treatment of Service Performed by Incumbents-
(1) IN GENERAL- Service described in subsection (a) which is performed by an incumbent on or after the date of the enactment of this Act shall, for all purposes (other than those to which paragraph (2) pertains), be treated as service performed as a law enforcement officer (within the meaning of section 8331(20) or 8401(17) of title 5, United States Code, as appropriate).
(2) RETIREMENT- Service described in subsection (a) which is performed by an incumbent before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act shall, for purposes of subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, be treated as service performed as a law enforcement officer (within the meaning of such section 8331(20) or 8401(17), as appropriate), but only if an appropriate written election is submitted to the Office of Personnel Management within 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act or before separation from Government service, whichever is earlier.
(d) Individual Contributions for Prior Service-
(1) IN GENERAL- An individual who makes an election under subsection (c)(2) may, with respect to prior service performed by such individual, contribute to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund the difference between the unrefunded individual contributions made for such service and the individual contributions that should have been made for such service if the amendments made by section 2 had then been in effect.
(2) EFFECT OF NOT CONTRIBUTING- If no part of or less than the full amount required under paragraph (1) is paid, all prior service of the incumbent shall remain fully creditable as law enforcement officer service, but the resulting annuity shall be reduced in a manner similar to that described in section 8334(d)(2) of title 5, United States Code, to the extent necessary to make up the amount unpaid. (3) PRIOR SERVICE DEFINED- For purposes of this section, the term 'prior service' means, with respect to any individual who makes an election under subsection (c)(2), service (described in subsection (a)) performed by such individual before the date as of which appropriate retirement deductions begin to be made in accordance with such election.
(e) Government Contributions for Prior Service-
(1) IN GENERAL- If an incumbent makes an election under subsection (c)(2), the agency in or under which that individual was serving at the time of any prior service (referred to in subsection (d)) shall remit to the Office of Personnel Management, for deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the amount required under paragraph (2) with respect to such service.
(2) AMOUNT REQUIRED- The amount an agency is required to remit is, with respect to any prior service, the total amount of additional Government contributions to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund (above those actually paid) that would have been required if the amendments made by section 2 had then been in effect.
(3) CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE MADE RATABLY- Government contributions under this subsection on behalf of an incumbent shall be made by the agency ratably (on at least an annual basis) over the 10-year period beginning on the date referred to in subsection (d)(3).
(f) Exemption From Mandatory Separation- Nothing in section 8335(b) or 8425(b) of title 5, United States Code, shall cause the involuntary separation of a law enforcement officer (as described in subsection (a)) before the end of the 3-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(g) Regulations- The Office shall prescribe regulations to carry out this Act, including--
(1) provisions in accordance with which interest on any amount under subsection (d) or (e) shall be computed, based on section 8334(e) of title 5, United States Code; and
(2) provisions for the application of this section in the case of--
(A) any individual who--
(i) satisfies paragraph (1) (but not paragraph (2)) of subsection (b); and
(ii) serves as a law enforcement officer (as described in subsection (a)) after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(B) any individual entitled to a survivor annuity (based on the service of an incumbent, or of an individual under subparagraph (A), who dies before making an election under subsection (c)(2)), to the extent of any rights that would then be available to the decedent (if still living).
(h) Rule of Construction- Nothing in this section shall be considered to apply in the case of a reemployed annuitant.
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Washington DC
Law Enforcement Memorial Service
2010
Hyatt Regency Sacramento
1209 L Street,
Sacramento, California, USA 95814
Schedule of Events
Saturday September 11, 2010
Conference Committee Arrival
Conference Committee Pre Conference Preparation
Sunday September 12, 2010
Delegate & Guest Arrival
Executive Board Meeting - 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon –
Registration - 11:00aM – 4:00 PM
Monday September 13, 2010
Pre Conference Board Meeting – 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Conference Opens 9 A M
Open House 4PM to 8 PM