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Police and Firefighters hold press conference to oppose residency requirement!
TRENTON - Today the New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police and the Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey IAFF, AFL-CIO-CLC held a press conference at 11 am at the NJFOP Trenton Headquarters to urge Governor Chris Christie to veto legislation permitting...
FOP LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FOR JUNE 2015
FOP LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FOR JUNE 2015 (Prepared by Peter Guzzo , NJ State FOP Lobbyist) The following are key pieces of legislation either pending in the New Jersey Legislature or recently enacted into law:: 1. A-3493/S-2564 (Prime Sponsors: Assemblyman Gordon...
Governor Christie must live up to his word!
Today NJFOP President Bob Fox stood with Senate President Steve Sweeney and scores of other union members to speak out against the Supreme Court’s 5-2 decision on the pension lawsuit brought against Governor Chris Christie. President Fox has issued a statement...
Message from NJFOP President Fox on the death of our NJ State Trooper
It is with the deepest regrets and sympathy that I report the loss of a New Jersey State Trooper Anthony Raspa. Raspa, 24, was on patrol with Trooper Gene Hong, 29, on Interstate 195 near mile marker 9 when their car hit a deer at about 12:48 a.m. Saturday. This hero...
2014 – 2015 NJFOP LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
During each yearly NJ State legislative session, the NJ FOP develops a document that lists all current bills currently on the floor of the state legislature that directly affects NJ Law Enforcement Officers. The legislative priorities explains each bill in terms that...
NJFOP-Initiated Bill for Higher Ed. Police Becomes Law!
(TRENTON) - Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Gordon Johnson and Charles Mainor requiring college and university police departments to adopt the Attorney General Guidelines on internal affairs policies and procedures was signed into law on Thursday. "Having...
Baltimore Police Department issues Nationwide Warning to LEOs
The Baltimore Police Department issued a nation wide warning to police departments today indicating they have developed "Credible Information" that gangs may have formed a partnership to " take out " Law Enforcement Officers. This type of information is not uncommon...