Fraternal Order of Police

The Voice of Our Nation's Law Enforcement Officers

July 2025

Investing in Our Future: Why a Measured National Per-Capita Increase Matters

Investing in Our Future: Why a Measured National Per-Capita Increase Matters

For 110 years, the Fraternal Order of Police has been the clear, undisputed voice of rank-and-file law enforcement officers. From the earliest fights for decent schedules and fair pay to today’s battles of employment rights, legislative advocacy, qualified immunity, officer wellness and safer streets, the FOP has delivered. But delivery costs money — and the price of everything necessary to run a modern, nationwide labor organization is climbing faster than at any point in the past 40 years. Read More

For the Ones We Lost — and Those Still Struggling

For the Ones We Lost — and Those Still Struggling

Brothers and sisters, I would humbly ask you to indulge me for a few minutes and allow me to introduce you to one of my very best friends, my brother and partner on the street in law enforcement since 1998, Dan Bontz. My introduction to you will not do him his justice as a person, husband, father or law enforcement officer. Nor will it give you a full picture of his passion and dedication to victims and their families of the drug epidemic in our country. But I hope the letter he wrote one night on a late-night flight will touch you all as law enforcement officers as it did me. Read More