For Immediate Release Contact: Marco Monteblanco, President, WAFOP Phone: 509-205-9803 E-mail: [email protected] (Seattle, WA, June 23, 2020) The current tensions between law enforcement agencies and both protestors and occupiers in the “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest” or “CHOP” requires collective and collaborative leadership from all stakeholders and is essential to the restoration of public safety services and the rebuilding of fractured relationships with the commu...

For Immediate Release Contact: Marco Monteblanco, President, WAFOP Phone: 509-205-9803 E-mail: [email protected] (Olympia, WA, June 17, 2020) The Washington State Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) is in agreement with the National Fraternal Order of Police and condemns the actions that lead to the death of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Department officers. We are also aware of current concerns related to the use of deadly force incidents in the state and support thorough ...