FOP Political Bias Extremely Partisan

FOP
Chuck Canterbury
National President

Executive Director
Jim Pasco

"Section 3103a(b), adopted as Section 213 of the USA PATRIOT Act, allows courts to authorize investigators to give delayed notice that a search warrant has been executed in certain narrow circumstances. Delayed notice under Section 213 can only be used when immediate notification
may result in endangering the life of an individual, flight from prosecution, destruction or tampering with evidence, intimidation of potential witnesses, or seriously jeopardizing an investigation or delaying a trial. Law nforcement has had this legal authority for years, and the courts have consistently held that the Fourth Amendment does not require law nforcement to give immediate notice of the execution of a search warrant"

http://www.fop.net/publications/archives/letters/2005_0614.pdf


Below are some of the issues the Fraternal Order Of Police (a union) National Legislative Office lobbied for in the 107th Congress:

H.R. 94 (Green, D-TX), the "Law Enforcement Officers Flag Memorial Act," would provide the families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty with a flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol;

H.R. 196 (Sweeney, R-NY), the "Anti-Drug Legalization Act," will prohibit Federally sponsored research pertaining to the legalization of drugs;

# H.R. 201 (Sweeney, R-NY), the "Correctional Officer Protection Act," would reduce Federal funding to States which fail to enact legislation requiring the death penalty for persons convicted of killing a correctional officer;

# H.R. 213 (Sweeney, R-NY), the "Drug Importer Death Penalty Act," provides the death penalty for persons convicted of importing very large quantities of certain controlled substances;

H.R. 307 (Traficant, D-OH), the "Federal Protective Service Reform Act," provides expansion and clarification of the authority of FPS police officers and would enact other needed reforms;

H.R. 674 (LaFalce, D-NY), the "American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act," would allow local communities greater flexibility in designing homeownership programs for law enforcement officers through existing CDBG and HOME programs, authorizes one percent (1%) downpayments for Federal Housing Authority (FHA) insured home loan mortgages for law enforcement officers; builds on the "Officer Next Door" program by providing a no downpayment incentive for law enforcement officers buying homes in troubled neighborhoods;

H.R. 1212 (Barr, R-GA), the "Law Enforcement Officers Due Process Act," would provide grants to law enforcement agencies that ensure that their officers are afforded due process when involved in a case that may lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer;

H.R. 1535 (Wolf, R-VA), the "Federal Inmate Work Act," will increase the opportunities for inmates to gain meaningful employement through the Federal Prison Industries of the Bureau of Prisons while creating a safer environment for correctional officers, reducing the rate of recidivism, enhancing public safety and providing restitution to the victims of crime;

# H.R. 2624 (Schiff, D-CA), the "Law Enforcement Tribute Act," authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States, local governments, and Indian tribes to carry out programs to honor, through permanent tributes, men and women of the United States who were killed or disabled while serving as law enforcement or public safety officers;

H.R. 3025 (Forbes (R-VA), would expand the program under which State and local governments may procure law enforcement equipment through the Department of Defense to include the procurement of counterterrorism equipment;

H.R. 3433 (T. Davis, R-VA), "Terrorist Response Tax Exemption Act," would exempt the income of uniformed rescue personnel in declared "terrorist attack zones" from income tax during the months in which they perform their duties in response to such attacks, mirroring current law giving military personnel tax relief while serving in a combat zone;

H.R. 5018 (Ney, R-OH), the "Capitol Police Retention, Recruitment and Authorization Act," seeks to improve the overall strength and effectiveness of the Capitol Police by authorizing an increase in the annual rate of basic compensation, additional compensation for officers performing specialty assignments, tuition reimbursements and bonuses to officers who complete a degree in a law enforcement course of study, and bonus payments to officers who recruit others to join the force;

H.J. Res. 36 (Cunningham, R-CA), would amend the Constitution to give Congress the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States;

S. 33 (Thurmond, R-SC) excludes prisoners from the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act;

S. 34 (Thurmond, R-SC) amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure by changing the verdict requirement from unanimous to five-sixths (10 jury members);

S. 39 (Stevens, R-AK), the "Public Safety Medal of Valor Act," would establish a medal awarded by the President in the name of Congress to a public safety officer for extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty;

# S. 443 (Campbell, R-CO) would amend the Federal criminal code to increase from ten to fifteen years the maximum term of imprisonment for offenses involving the transportation, transfer, or use of stolen firearms;

Below are some of the issues the National Legislative Office lobbied against in the 107th Congress:

* H.R. 114 (Holt, D-NJ), the "Handgun Licensing and Registration Act," would require the licensing and registration of all handguns with the Federal government;
* H.R. 225 (Wexler, D-FL), the "Anti-Gunrunning Act," would make it illegal for any person to purchase more than one handgun in a thirty-day period;
* H.R. 321 (Jackson, D-IL) would provide a moratorium on the execution of Federal death sentences;
* H.R. 693 (Pascrell, D-NJ) would ban the manufacture of handguns that cannot be personalized;
* H.R. 697 (Rangel, D-NY), the "Crack Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act" would amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate certain mandatory minimum penalties relating to crack cocaine offenses;
* H.R. 1038 (Jackson, D-IL) would impose a moratorium on the imposition of the death penalty at the Federal level until a National Commission on the Death Penalty reviews its fairness;
* H.R. 1907 (Norton, D-DC), the "Racial Profiling Prohibition Act," would cut Federal highway funds to States and localities that, absent an eyewtitness description, consider race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search;
* H.R. 1996 (Lewis, D-GA), would restrict any use of race by the U.S. Customs Service to trigger searches or detentions;
* H.R. 2074 (Conyers, D-MI), the "End Racial Profiling Act," defines "racial profiling" as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search absent an eyewitness description and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities;
* S. 25 (Feinstein, D-CA), the "Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act," would provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms;
* S. 233 (Feingold, D-WI), the "National Death Penalty Moratorium Act," would impose a moratorium on the death penalty at the Federal and State levels until a National Commission on the Death Penalty studies its use;
* S. 406 (Torricelli, D-NJ), the "Stop Gun Trafficking Act," would make it illegal for any person to purchase more than one handgun in a thirty-day period;
# H.R. 253 (Jackson-Lee, D-TX), the "Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act," would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers;
# H.R. 663 (Rangel, D-NY), the "Ex-Offender Voting Rights Act," would restore the right to vote in Federal elections to released felons who are denied that right by the State in which they reside;
# S. 122 (Feingold, D-WI), the "Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act," would abolish the death penalty option for all Federal crimes which currently carry that penalty;

# Legislation which would weaken the overtime protections for law enforcement officers in current Federal regulations;

# Legislation or amendments that would have the effect of weakening P.L. 106-185, the "Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000";

# Legislation which would create or fund "civilian review boards" of law enforcement at any level of government;

* Legislation which would normalize relations with Cuba until that nation ceases to be a safe harbor for cop-killers and other fugitives.

Actually, It's the Police and Prison Trade Unions...

....that realized the need to keep the deception started by Anslinger long ago. The Fraternal Order of Police is a trade union started many decades ago to protect their interest. It was in place when the Temperance Movement criminalized alcohol users. Even if the cops of the day were indifferent to Prohibition, the Union was well aware of the spiking crime-rate, and more importantly, the HUGE spike in crime-fighting budgets that Congress down to local mayors now had to pull out of their budgets for it. It was a Mardi Gras the likes of which law-enforcement unions would never have dreamed possible. Meanwhile, Anslinger was building on the mood created by the Temperance Movement to demonize other drugs. He succeeded to a level which sane, educated people would also have never thought possible. But the repeal of Prohibition had the police unions nervously watching as the crime rate spiraled downward as fast as it had climbed. The statistical spike created is one that the FOP (police union) *never* mentions due the logical inference the public would draw from it were it known about today. The rise and drop in gang activity created by the black-market in alcohol made the FOP realize how imperative it was that Drug Prohibition stayed in place. This was done by simply saying they had witnessed the lies that Anslinger told while misdirecting the public over the cause of violence if any drugs were in sight. So my point here is to point out what happens when a trade union - and the industry it works for - are in bed together. You know the public is the one that is going to get screwed! cont....

Police-Prison Union Stranglehold On Democracy

Only cops and crooks have benefited from $2.5 trillion spent fighting trafficking. By David W. Fleming and James P. Gray The United States has been spending $69 billion a year worldwide for the last 40 years, for a total of $2.5 trillion, on drug prohibition -- with little to show for it. Is anyone actually benefiting from this war? Six groups come to mind. The first group are the drug lords in nations such as Colombia, Afghanistan and Mexico, as well as those in the United States. They are making billions of dollars every year -- tax free. The second group are the street gangs that infest many of our cities and neighborhoods, whose main source of income is the sale of illegal drugs. Third are those people in government who are paid well to fight the first two groups. Their powers and bureaucratic fiefdoms grow larger with each tax dollar spent to fund this massive program that has been proved not to work. Fourth are the politicians who get elected and reelected by talking tough -- not smart, just tough -- about drugs and crime. But the tougher we get in prosecuting nonviolent drug crimes, the softer we get in the prosecution of everything else because of the limited resources to fund the criminal justice system. The fifth group are people who make money from increased crime. They include those who build prisons and those who staff them. The prison guards union is one of the strongest lobbying groups in California today, and its ranks continue to grow. And last are the terrorist groups - worldwide - that are principally financed by the sale of illegal drugs. cont.....