“C-13 Dispatch, the whole bridge just fell down! Start, start, whoever, everybody! The whole bridge just collapsed!” Those shocking words were excitedly transmitted by one of the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) police officers on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, just moments after the cargo ship Dali, which had lost power as it was leaving the Port of Baltimore, struck one of the concrete piers of the bridge at 1:29 a.m. on March 26. Read More

The history of the National Police Softball Tournament you are about to read was written by Stephen Grismer, a 47-year member of Dayton FOP Captain John C. Post Lodge #44, trustee of Dayton Police History Foundation Inc. and author of The Dean, Dillinger, and Dayton, Ohio (2020), The Christmas Killings (2017) and Drenched Uniforms and Battered Badges (2013). Read More

Law enforcement has been and still is a male-dominated profession. In the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, there were no female police officers until the mid-1970s. Read More

After eight years serving as the chairman of the National FOP History Committee, Brother James Flores has decided to step down, but not before leaving his mark on the national level with his work on this committee. Read More

Wednesday, January 19, was a sad day for FOP in the state of Georgia, and FOP across the country. Our brother and good friend, William E. (Billy) Peacock, passed away. He was born on February 22, 1943, in Atlanta, Georgia, and left behind an incredible FOP history. Read More