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Law enforcement officers have one of the toughest and most dangerous jobs in the United States. The brave men and women of law enforcement are charged with the enormous responsibility of keeping our streets and neighborhoods safe.

As the Number One Voice for America's Law Enforcement Officers, the National Fraternal Order of Police sits down with law enforcement experts, elected officials, and other notable leaders to gain insight into the issues and current events surrounding the law enforcement community.

Blue View by the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP‪)‬ National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)

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Law enforcement officers have one of the toughest and most dangerous jobs in the United States. The brave men and women of law enforcement are charged with the enormous responsibility of keeping our streets and neighborhoods safe.

As the Number One Voice for America's Law Enforcement Officers, the National Fraternal Order of Police sits down with law enforcement experts, elected officials, and other notable leaders to gain insight into the issues and current events surrounding the law enforcement community.

    A Stain On Our Society: The Growing Threat To America's Law Enforcement with Joe Gamaldi

    A Stain On Our Society: The Growing Threat To America's Law Enforcement with Joe Gamaldi

    Last year, over 330 police officers were shot in the line of duty. With the COVID-19 pandemic behind us and after so many Americans have seen the tragic consequences of the defund the police movement, it was our hope that these numbers would be a high-water mark. We were wrong.
    Instead, 378 officers were shot in the line of duty in 2023, the highest number the FOP has ever recorded. Thankfully, because of dramatic improvements in medical trauma science and anti-ballistic technology, the lethality of these attacks has been reduced and only 46 of the officers shot in the line of duty were killed. There were 115 ambush-style attacks on law enforcement officers this year, which resulted in 138 officers shot, 20 of whom were killed.
    On this episode of the Blue View Podcast, National President Patrick Yoes is joined by National FOP Vice President Joe Gamaldi to discuss the FOP’s recent report on officers shot and killed in the line of duty.

    • 26 min
    Telling the Story of America's Law Enforcement with Bill Alexander

    Telling the Story of America's Law Enforcement with Bill Alexander

    Founded in 1984, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund is dedicated to honoring the fallen, telling the story of American Law Enforcement and making it safer for those who serve. The Memorial’s walls are filled with the names of law enforcement heroes who, while not always household names, played important roles in U.S. history nonetheless.
    On this episode of the Blue View Podcast, National President Patrick Yoes is joined by Bill Alexander, who recently became the CEO of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. As a results-driven, former law enforcement professional, Bill joins the organization with nearly 30 years of overall experience, starting with the United States Air Force as a Security Police Officer at Andrews Air Force Base.
    Bill began the next phase of his career when he joined the Prince George’s County Police Department in August 1997. He later became the Commander of the Training and Education Division, where he oversaw a forward-thinking, community policing-based police academy responsible for training new recruits and existing sworn and civilian personnel.

    • 28 min
    Backing The Blue with Senator Thom Tillis

    Backing The Blue with Senator Thom Tillis

    Law enforcement officers across America are looking to elected officials to step up and Back The Blue.
    On this episode of the Blue View Podcast, National President Patrick Yoes is joined by Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina. Senator Tillis has been a champion for local, State, and Federal law enforcement and has been a national leader in advancing legislation to ensure they have the tools, resources, and support they need to protect the public and stay safe while in the line of duty.
    He has partnered with the FOP on several bills important to law enforcement; everything from Cybercrime metrics, reauthorization of the COPS Hiring Program, Scenario-Based Training, and legislation, initially developed by the FOP, on increasing the availability of trauma kits.
    Notably, he was a key leader of two legislative efforts of critical importance to law enforcement—the Public Safety Officer Support Act (PSOSA) and the Protect and Serve Act.

    • 30 min
    A Memorial Fit For Our Heroes: Honoring Our Fallen Brothers and Sisters with Dignity Memorial

    A Memorial Fit For Our Heroes: Honoring Our Fallen Brothers and Sisters with Dignity Memorial

    On this episode of the Blue View Podcast, National President Patrick Yoes is joined by National FOP Chaplain, Rick Snyder, as well as Shannon Nordyke and Crystal Mai Purdy-Newland for an in-depth, conversation about why it is so important to plan.
    The Dignity Memorial Public Servants Program offers no-cost tributes for career and volunteer law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency services personnel who fall in the line of duty. In addition to providing funeral, cremation and burial services, the Public Servants Program also provides extended counseling services to the grieving family.
    Rick Snyder serves as the Chaplain for the National FOP. He is also the President of the Indianapolis FOP, serving over 3,000 active and retired members from 10 different law enforcement agencies in Central Indiana. Rick is also the cohost of the Remnant Reveal podcast, created by Dr. Chris Holland and Rick to help officers and their families find Biblically based solutions to the challenges they face daily.
    Crystal Mai Purdy-Newland has worked in the funeral service industry for close to 20 years, and is currently the location manager of Lincoln Memorial Park & Funeral Home. Although her career is in funeral service, Crystal’s passions involve multiple and varying levels of service and outreach. Crystal has a personal passion to educate the veteran community on funeral benefits; what they are, and mainly, what they are not. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Oregon Fallen Badge Foundation, a non-profit organization comprised of professionals who are trained to respond to a law enforcement line of duty death, carry out proper and dignified funeral services, while offering care and support for affected communities, families, and agencies.
    Shannon Nordyke is a Licensed Funeral Director in Nevada and has worked in the funeral industry for 17 years, she grew up in a small town in Iowa before she relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada. She has worked in all positions in Funeral Service but has found her passion is being able to serve families when they have had a loss and help families to prepare for the future. She is currently the Mortuary Manager at Palm Eastern Mortuary in Las Vegas, Nevada. Shannon is the liaison for our local First Responders and Active Duty Personnel at our local Military Bases. Shannon has worked relentlessly to make Palm Mortuary be the best choice for First Responders in the area and has the honor to serve each family when their loved passes away in the Line of Duty.

    • 29 min
    The Reality Of Now: The Challenges Facing America's Law Enforcement with Hugh Clements

    The Reality Of Now: The Challenges Facing America's Law Enforcement with Hugh Clements

    The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for advancing the practice of community policing by the nation's State, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources.
    The work of the COPS Office is vital to State and local law enforcement agencies and, by extension, to the safety of our communities. The COPS Office is the cornerstone of our national policing strategy—community-oriented policing. The hiring program, its work on collaborative reform, and efforts to improve officer safety and wellness is critical, especially at this time.
    On this episode of the Blue View Podcast, National President Patrick Yoes sits down with Hugh Clements, the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) to discuss the current state of policing, the resources the COPS Office provides, as well as the partnership the two organizations have.
    Hugh has extensive experience in virtually every aspect of policing and law enforcement, a career which began in 1985 with the Providence Police Department as a patrol officer and culminated with him becoming the agency’s chief in 2012. Hugh was also a long-time member of the FOP’s National Board of Trustees. He is a decorated officer and is a nationally recognized expert and speaker on law enforcement trends.

    • 30 min
    Fighting For Our Everyday Heroes with Representatives Graves and Spanberger

    Fighting For Our Everyday Heroes with Representatives Graves and Spanberger

    Fairness is a concept that our society treasures and something that we, as law enforcement officers, value highly. 
    On this episode of the Blue View, National FOP President Patrick Yoes sits down Representatives Garret N. Graves (R-LA) and Abigail A. Spanberger (D-VA) to discuss the negative impact the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) are having on America's public employees. 
    The WEP and GPO provisions do not eliminate a windfall for workers. It is a loss of the benefits they earned and are denied because they also served the public and have a pension from that work. That’s not right and it’s not fair. Passing the ‘Social Security Fairness Act’ would make a real difference in the lives of our nation’s retired public servants.

    • 18 min

Customer Reviews

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Great podcast

Incredible insight and in-depth conversation about the challenges facing police officers across the country. Highly recommend!

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Truth

A direct line from law enforcement- telling the truth!

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Straight forward!

The truth about issues surrounding law enforcement today.

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