/tags/fraternal-order-of-police Fraternal Order of Police en-US Copyright Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:58:00 GMT /politics-government/2025-02-03/whitehall-city-officials-reinstates-police-union-grievance-officer-following-months-long-dispute Officer Enrique Ortega will be allowed to retire from the Whitehall Division of Police in good standing. He now works at the Mifflin Township Police Department. Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:58:00 GMT /politics-government/2025-02-03/whitehall-city-officials-reinstates-police-union-grievance-officer-following-months-long-dispute George Shillcock /politics-government/2025-01-31/whitehall-police-investigate-fraternal-order-of-police-president-as-ongoing-squabble-boils-over The Whitehall Division of Police and the regional police union have been fighting ever since the department fired a union grievance officer in July who conducted a survey that was critical of Whitehall's police chief. Fri, 31 Jan 2025 22:05:28 GMT /politics-government/2025-01-31/whitehall-police-investigate-fraternal-order-of-police-president-as-ongoing-squabble-boils-over George Shillcock /politics-government/2024-08-28/names-of-undercover-police-crime-victims-found-on-dark-web-from-columbus-data-breach The latest info found on the dark web includes a database from the Columbus City Attorney's Office called the matrix crime database includes every incident report and arrest record written by officers. Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:09:30 GMT /politics-government/2024-08-28/names-of-undercover-police-crime-victims-found-on-dark-web-from-columbus-data-breach George Shillcock /politics-government/2024-08-02/whitehall-will-not-investigate-citys-police-department-amid-dispute-with-fop A survey conducted by a since-fired FOP member criticized the workplace environment and practices at the Whitehall Division of Police. Fri, 02 Aug 2024 20:29:13 GMT /politics-government/2024-08-02/whitehall-will-not-investigate-citys-police-department-amid-dispute-with-fop George Shillcock /politics-government/2024-04-16/columbus-fop-president-resigns-executive-vice-president-brian-steel-chosen-as-new-leader Former Columbus FOP President Jeff Simpson resigned amid an investigation into comments he made on his social media page about lynching. Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:40:24 GMT /politics-government/2024-04-16/columbus-fop-president-resigns-executive-vice-president-brian-steel-chosen-as-new-leader George Shillcock /politics-government/2024-01-31/columbus-fop-sues-to-stop-city-investigation-into-leaders-posts-on-lynching-jason-aldean-song FOP President Jeff Simpson commented on a social media post defending a Jason Aldean song and said about lynching, "[B]ack in the day, that was the penalty you got for doing really bad things. Today you get nothing." Wed, 31 Jan 2024 21:41:58 GMT /politics-government/2024-01-31/columbus-fop-sues-to-stop-city-investigation-into-leaders-posts-on-lynching-jason-aldean-song George Shillcock /news/2021-07-27/fop-president-calls-police-contract The Fraternal Order of Police Tuesday morning commended the approval of its new contract that was passed by Columbus City Council Monday night. Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:57:34 GMT /news/2021-07-27/fop-president-calls-police-contract Michael Lee /news/2021-07-26/columbus-police-union-reportedly-approves-new-contract The three-year labor contract gives 14% raises in pay and benefits and lays out rules for the city's new civilian review board for police. Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:21:41 GMT /news/2021-07-26/columbus-police-union-reportedly-approves-new-contract Steve Brown /news/2021-07-21/columbus-police-union-reach-tentative-deal-on-new-contract According to a source with knowledge of the deal, it includes pay raises and more rules for the city’s new civilian review board for police. Wed, 21 Jul 2021 14:27:58 GMT /news/2021-07-21/columbus-police-union-reach-tentative-deal-on-new-contract Steve Brown, Nick Evans /news/2021-04-27/columbus-council-approves-civilian-review-board-members Efforts to add oversight of Columbus Police took another step forward Monday, as city council signed off on the members for a new civilian review board. Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:48:42 GMT /news/2021-04-27/columbus-council-approves-civilian-review-board-members Steve Brown