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  • NJFOP-initiated bill protecting our privacy becomes law!

    On January 19, 2016, Governor Christie signed into law an NJFOP-initiated bill, co-sponsored by Senators Linda Greenstein and Dawn Adieggo that now prohibits persons, State and local agencies, and businesses from posting or publishing on the Internet the home addresses or unpublished home telephone numbers of law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers. Other legislators sponsoring this bill were Assemblypersons Addiego, Johnson, Mainor, Rible and Quijano. We thank each and every one of them! Because of this NJFOP initiative,…


  • Governor Christie Owes Us an Apology!

    Governor Christie Owes Us an Apology!

    Governor Christie…STOP calling law enforcement PIGS! That’s our message to New Jersey’s Governor who has his eyes set on the Nation’s highest office…the Office of the President. The New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police observed…as all other New Jerseyans did…our Governor referring to our law enforcement brothers and sisters as PIGS! Even the media by way of the StarLedger recognized that referring to law enforcement officials as a “pig” is disrespectful and downright despicable. The Editorial Board of the StarLedger…


  • New Jersey State FOP 34th Biennial Convention

    New Jersey State FOP 34th Biennial Convention

    New Jersey State FOP 34th Biennial Convention At The HYATT REGENCY CHESAPEAKE BAY RESORT Cambridge, Maryland will be taking place August 22, 2016 To August 26, 2016.


  • 2016 Mini Convention scheduled for March 21-24, 2016

    2016 Mini Convention scheduled for March 21-24, 2016

    The 2016 Mini Convention is scheduled for March 21-24, 2016 and will take place at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City NJ. Our FOP Board of Directors will meet on Monday March 21st beginning at 12 noon in the Traymore Ball room on the 6th floor. Convention activities will be held from Tuesday thru Thursday starting at 9am in the Traymore Ball. REGISTER FOR 2016 MINI CONVENTION HERE! RESERVE YOUR HOTEL ROOM HERE!


  • Governor Christie vetoes residency requirement bill for police and firefighters!

    Governor Christie vetoes residency requirement bill for police and firefighters!

    On Monday, November 9, Governor Chris Christie vetoed S-2783/A-4265, legislation that would have required municipalities, county governments, and regional divisions to establish residency requirements for police and firefighters. Both the New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police and the Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey vehemently opposed these bills. NJFOP President Robert W. Fox is thrilled that the bills did not become law. Fox noted, “Our brothers and sisters have been demoralized so much over the past six years and needed…


  • Shame, shame, shame on you, Quentin Tarantino!

    The New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police has denounced and wholly condemned recent anti-police statements made by film director Quentin Tarantino. NJFOP President Robert W. Fox is calling on his members to boycott Tarantino’s films, including his Christmas-bound Western The Hateful Eight. “Our brothers and sisters put their lives on the line everyday,” says Fox. “We do not deserve to have a movie director grandstanding by espousing words of hatred and untruths about our officers.” Fox continues, “We commend Tarantino’s…


  • NJFOP President and Executive President attend NY’s Cigar Night/Pig Roast

    NJFOP President Bob Fox and NJFOP Executive Vice President Bob Gries attended the September 12 NY State FOP Cigar Night/Pig Roast. All proceeds from this event go to the NY State Survivors Aid Program. Here Fox and Gries join NY State President Mike Essig in front of the NY State Lodges Fallen Officers Memorial.


  • NJFOP endorses Assembly candidates (Revised article)

    (Hamilton, NJ) Brothers and Sisters, this year the full New Jersey Assembly is up for election. That’s 80 seats of the 120 who serve in the New Jersey Legislature. The Senate is not up for election until 2017. NJFOP Board of Trustees held its September 23rd meeting at Hibernian Club in Hamilton, New Jersey and endorsed 62 candidates for this year’s Assembly races. Sixty-one (61) of our endorsements are for the Assembly and one for the Senate. Forty-one of the…


  • Statement of FOP Chuck Canterbury on Recent Violence Targeting Law Enforcement

    Statement of FOP Chuck Canterbury on Recent Violence Targeting Law Enforcement

    News Item: STATEMENT OF FOP PRESIDENT CHUCK CANTERBURY ON RECENT VIOLENCE TARGETING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 09/02/2015 This has been a brutal and tragic few weeks for our nation’s law enforcement officers. In just two weeks, five law enforcement officers were murdered and a sixth death of an off-duty officer is being investigated as a homicide. The level of violence aimed at law enforcement officers has escalated in every region of our county and it is being fanned by the seething…


  • FOP Legislative Update for July, 2015

    FOP LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FOR JULY 2015