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Attorney General Praises Police Officers

Attorney General Loretta Lynch voiced strong support Monday for the country's police officers, praising them as peacemakers and encouraging them to be part of the national conversation about improving relationships with minority communities.

August 11, 2015

Vehicle Ops

N.Y. State Police Update Fleet After Trooper Complaint

The New York State Police plan to remove higher-mileage vehicles in answer to a complaint filed by the agency's troopers that the vehicles continuously break down.

August 4, 2015

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Union Chief Blasts NYPD Settlement of Garner Suit

The head of the Sergeants Benevolent Association on Monday night slammed the city’s record-breaking $5.9 million settlement with the family of police chokehold victim Eric Garner as “obscene” and “shameful.”

July 14, 2015

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Police Union Blasts Baltimore PD Brass in Scathing Report on Riot Response

Officers described being hit with chunks of concrete, sheltering inside businesses and buying their own protective equipment.

July 9, 2015

Weapons

Los Angeles Police Union Opposes Council Proposal to Require Locks on Handguns When Not in Use

The proposal would require city residents to either lock up handguns not being used or apply trigger locks to them.

June 29, 2015

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How Can You Trust the Judgment of a Police Commission That Applies the Wrong Legal Standard?

The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners’ act of finding one officer in the Ezell Ford shooting case “out of policy” for shooting Ford as he tried to take the officer’s gun is a bizarre, ill-considered decision that demonstrates the Commission’s complete misunderstanding and erroneous application of case law, and will have terrible public safety consequences. When an officer has to choose whether or not to be proactive at the risk of possibly losing his or her career, we can only assume the

June 15, 2015

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Baltimore FOP: Officers More Afraid of Going to Jail Than Getting Shot

The president of the Baltimore police union on Thursday said that criminals have become "empowered" following the recent unrest and that, with six officers charged in Freddie Gray's death, city police are more "afraid" of being arrested than shot on duty.

May 29, 2015

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National Police Credit Union for FOP Members Opens

A marketing division of CPFCU, NPCU is the only national full-service credit union created solely to serve the financial needs of all Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) members and their families across the country in order to help them realize their life’s goals.

May 14, 2015

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L.A. Police Union Responds to Beck's Comments on Officer-Involved Shooting

In response to LAPD Chief Charlie Beck's statement regarding the officer-involved shooting in Venice Beach late last night, the president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League released the following statement.

May 7, 2015

Technology

Union Approves LAPD's Body Camera Policy

Often video footage is extremely beneficial for providing a reliable account of events and helping officers to get criminals off the streets. However, it is critical for our officers and the public to remember—and as the policy clearly states—these body camera videos provide a limited perspective and are not to be relied upon as the sole piece of evidence.

April 28, 2015

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Arizona Governor Vetoes Bill Aimed at Shielding Police Names

Arizona's governor on Monday vetoed legislation that would have kept secret for 60 days the identities of police officers involved in deadly shootings, a move that was both welcomed and heavily criticized by separate state police union leaders.

March 31, 2015

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Police Union Reaches Contract Agreement with City of Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) announced today that rank-and-file officers have approved the proposed contract with the City of Los Angeles. More than 2,700 LAPD officers voted over four days in favor of the successor agreement.

March 17, 2015