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The Washington State Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) is pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of its annual academic scholarship awards. Since 2013 the Washington State FOP Memorial Foundation has invested over $35,000 into WAFOP members and their families as they pursued their academic goals. In 2020 we are adding an additional 10 recipients to the list and increasing our lifetime total to $45,000. The 2020 recipients are; Tri-Cities, Lodge #7 Marissa Korten Emily Reynolds Hale...

For Immediate Release Contact: Marco Monteblanco, President, WAFOP Phone: 509-205-9803 E-mail: marco.monteblanco@wafop.com (Kennewick, WA, June 24, 2020) Washington State FOP supports the Benton County Deputy Sheriff’s Guild vote to recall the Benton County Sheriff Jerry Hatcher: On February 28th, 2020 Sheriff Hatcher’s released a statement responding to the Washington State Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) February 26, 2020 press release requesting an independent investigation of...

For Immediate Release Contact: Marco Monteblanco, President, WAFOP Phone: 509-205-9803 E-mail: marco.monteblanco@wafop.com (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: marco.monteblanco@wafop.com (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 ...