Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson represented the FOP on a stakeholder call with committee staff with Senator Lindsay O. Graham (R-SC), Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, to discuss legislation pending before the committee.
FOP Legislative News
The National Legislative Office provided FOP members with a daily briefing, released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), regarding the whole-of-America response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To view this information, please click here.
The National Legislative Office provided FOP members with a compilation of resources to assist in informing an agency’s response to COVID-19. To view this information, please click here.
Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson participated in three conference calls during the course of the week of the NG911 Public Safety Working Group to discuss draft legislation to establish the Next Generation 911 system.
The National Legislative Office provided FOP members with a summary of key provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act that are impacting employer-sponsored benefit plans. To view this information, please click here.
The National Legislative Office provided FOP members with information, released by the White House, regarding the President’s Coronavirus Guidelines for America: 30 Days to Slow the Spread. To view this information, please click here.
National Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson participated in a conference call with staff in the office of Senator Charles E. Grassley regarding the need to amend the provisions of the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) program with respect to the treatment of death and disability claims related to COVID-19.
National Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson participated in a conference call of the NG911 Public Safety Working Group to discuss drafting legislation to establish the Next Generation 911 system.
The National Legislative Office provided FOP members with information, released by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), regarding the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program to assist eligible states, local units of government and tribes in preventing, preparing for and responding to COVID-19. To view this information, please click here.
National President Patrick Yoes, Executive Director Jim Pasco and Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson participated in the Public Safety Stakeholders meeting with Hope Janke, Director of the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) program, to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the program. The FOP strongly urged that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) should issue an order to find that contraction of the virus by a law enforcement or other public safety officer should be presumed to be in the line of duty for the purposes of death benefit claims.
National President Patrick Yoes and Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson participated in a law enforcement stakeholders call with officials from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) in the Department of Justice (DOJ). The call was hosted by Katharine Sullivan, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for OJP; Michael Costigan, Acting Director of BJA; and Tracey Trautman, Deputy Director for the Programs Office in BJA.
Senior Legislative Liaison Tim Richardson participated in a conference call hosted by the International Association of Fire Chiefs for public safety stakeholders to discuss the need to block the auction of the “T-Band spectrum,” which is currently in use by 11 major metropolitan areas.
