This section is intended to inform our membership on legislation that has an affect on law enforcement, and our grass-root campaign for you to contact your elected officials to seek support or opposition to bills in the N.C. General Assembly and U.S. Congress.
The Legislative Building in Raleigh, home of the N.C. General Assembly.
Kay R. Hagan
310 New Bern Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: 919-856-4630
Fax: 919-856-4053
Patrick McHenry
10th District
87 4th St. NW, Suite A
P.O. Box 1830
Hickory, NC 28603
Telephone: 828-327-6100
800-477-2576
Fax: 828-327-8311
Sue Myrick
9th District
197 West Main Avenue
Gastonia, NC 28052
Phone: 704-861-1976
Fax: 704-864-2445
Richard Burr
Gastonia
181 South Street, Room 222
Gastonia, NC 28052
Phone: 704-833-0854
Fax: 704-833-1467
David Hoyle
of Dallas
District 43
919-733-5734
Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore
of the Senate
Wil Neumann
of Belmont
District 109
919-733-5868
Pearl Burris-Floyd
of Dallas
District 110
919-715-2002
William Current Sr.
of Gastonia
District 108
919-733-5809
James Forrester
of Stanley
District 41
919-715-3050
Joe Hackney
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
United State Congress
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The North Carolina General Assembly provides an email address to contact all members of the state legislature, senate members or house members. Be sure to include the bill number when contacting your elected officials. In order to keep us updated, please copy emails to our elected officials to the North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police at ncfop@nc.rr.com.
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The North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police wants a seat on the N.C. Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission.
The commission, through general statutes, establishes minimum employment, training and retention standards for the state’s criminal justice officers.
The commission plans for the effective implementation of innovations in the state’s system of criminal justice employment, training and education.
Representatives Bill Owens and Deborah K. Ross filed HB130 on Feb. 11 that would add a seat to the 33-member commission for a representative of the FOP. It has been referred to the Committee on Judiciary 1.
The legislation has been co-sponsored by seven House members, including: Martha Alexander, Cary D. Allred, Tricia Ann Cotham, Susan Fisher, Rick Glazer, Marvin W. Lucas and Cullie M. Tarleton.
If made law, the State Lodge would appoint a member to serve on the commission.
Currently, the commission has representatives of several police organizations, including the N.C. Association of Chiefs of Police, N.C. Police Executives Association, N.C. Law Enforcement Officers’ Association, North State Law Enforcement Officers’ Association, and the N.C. Law Enforcement Women’s Association. The commission also have multiple political appointments.
The FOP argues that it should have representation on the commission because we are one of the state’s largest police organization, with membership topping 6,000.
Jeff Gray, our legislative agent in Raleigh, said the bill is meeting strong opposition from the N.C. Sheriff’s Association.
Questions arise as to why the sheriff’s association opposes the legislation since sheriffs have their own education and training standards commission in North Carolina.
In response, State FOP President Terry Mangum is sending a letter to each of the state’s 100 elected sheriffs to explain our position and ask why they would oppose the FOP having a seat.
FOP Seeks Seat On Training
And Standards Commission
Law enforcement should not count on seeing 25-year retirement legislation going anywhere during this session of the General Assembly.
A top priority of the North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police for more than a decade, the legislation is not a top priority among our elected representatives in Raleigh.
Jeff Gray, the FOP’s legislative agent, told members at the spring board meeting in Wilmington not to count on it coming up during the current session because legislators are more concerned with North Carolina’ budget deficit.
In addition, Senate Pro Tempore Marc Basnight has indicated that he is not in favor of giving law enforcement 25-year retirement. He said that police officers are "lucky to just have a job right now."
The N.C. League of Municipalities, which represents local governments, is opposed to the 25-year retirement legislation.
