On Monday May 8th, 18-year-old Michael Ken-nedy opened fire outside the Sully District police station where Armel and Garbarino

worked. Police said Kennedy was armed with an AK-47-style assault weapon, a high-powered hunt-ing rifle and five handguns. He fired about 70 rounds in the parking lot, killing Armel and at the time critically wounding Officer Garbarino, who subsequently died of his injuries a little more than one week later on May 17th. Garbarino, the first to be shot in that attack, radioed a warning to other officers, according to Sully Supervisor Michael Frey.

Detective Vicky Armel was a nine-year veteran of the Fairfax County Police Department and is the first Fairfax officer in the department’s 66-year history to be killed while on duty by an assailant. She leaves behind her husband Tyler, Son Thomas 7, and Daughter Masen 5.

Police estimated between 7,000 and 10,000 people attended Armel’s funeral service at the McLean Bible Church. Most were police officers. Afterward, the hearse slowly carried Armel’s body past the police station and to the Bright View Cemetery in Warrenton. Hushed residents lined the streets of Fairfax. A giant American flag fluttered over the Leesburg Pike, suspended between two cranes. Westbound Interstate 66 was closed to accommodate the miles-long procession.

Armel’s husband, Tyler, is also a Fairfax County police officer. He did not speak during the service, but placed a note in the church program stating, “Many members of our department acted well above and beyond the call of duty on May 8, 2006. Take comfort that you prevented even worse from hap-pening.”

Donations in honor of Detective Armel can be sent to:

Armel Family Trust Fundc/o Fairfax County Federal Credit Union4201 Members WayFairfax, Virginia 22030

Master Police Officer Michael Garbarino was a 23-year veteran of the Fairfax County Police Depart-ment. He leaves behind his wife Sue, and daughters Katie, 14, and Natalie, 10.

Thousands returned to the McLean Bible Church to honor Master Police Officer Michael Garbarino a week after they had turned out for funeral service for detective Vicky O. Armel.

After the funeral, Garbarino’s body was taken to Fairfax Memorial Park for burial in a procession reminiscent of Armel’s, with citizens paying their respects at the Sully District Police Station.

Upon entering the cemetery at its Braddock Road gate, the procession made its way through winding

roads to a gently sloped hill closer to the cemetery’s Burke Station Road en-trance.

Law enforcement honor guards and bagpipers circled the grave site as family, friends and police and fire and rescue personnel took up their positions.

Near the end of the short and solemn service, white doves were set free, and six police helicopters flew over the cemetery in formation with one flying off in a northeasterly direction in the tradi-tional missing man salute.

Resting atop Garbarino’s grave site the next day was a mountain of flow-ers, including a floral wreath with a blue ribbon across it from the McLean Police Station, where Garbarino had first been assigned.

Donations in honor of Officer Gar-barino can be sent to:

Garbarino Family Trust Fundc/o Fairfax County Federal Credit Union4201 Members WayFairfax, Va. 22030

The Officers and Brothers and Sis-ters of The Fraternal Order of Police Jerrard F. Young DC Lodge #1 Ex-press our most profound sympathy to the Fairfax County Police Department and the Family and Friends of Detec-tive Vicky Armel and Officer Michael Garbarino. Our relationship with the Fairfax County Police has always been a strong and we have both ben-efited from and enjoyed the dedicated service to this lodge that numerous members of that department have provided us for many years.

(The body of the above article was compiled from several differ-ent news articles and television reports in the area)

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Summer 2006Volume 25, Issue 3

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Officer Jerrard F. YoungThe Fraternal Order of Police D.C. Lodge

#1 was chartered in 1966. The Lodge was later named after the first member killed in the line of duty, Officer Jerrard F. Young.

The Lodge is composed of members from over 40 different law enforcement agencies and civilian associate members from all walks of life. The Lodge is involved in many com-munity projects, charities, and social functions as well as their efforts to improve law enforce-ment.

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Lou Cannon President Marcello Muzzatti Vice President Tori Beauchemin Recording Secre-tary Pablo Figueroa Financial Secretary Kenny Rodgers Treasurer Reggie Mitchell Trustee-At-Large Yvonne Smith Trustee-At-Large Sonia Fails Trustee-At-Large Andrew Fried Conductor Chris Di Pasquale Outer Guard Pam Chase Inner Guard Frank Weinsheimer Chaplain

Agency Trustees OPEN Amtrak Jeff Meixner ATF Thomas Waters BEP OPEN CIA Dave Peters COMM OPEN CSOSA Yvonne Smith DCHA Lenny Fitzgiggons DEA OPEN DOA Otis Holley DHS Ronald Pope DOC Glenn Adams DYRS OPEN FBI Mark Braswell FPS OPEN FDA Alvin Hardwick GPO Leo Tordil HLS OPEN ICE OPEN LABOR Mike Hounshell LOC Hank Fearnow METRO Patrick Curtis Sr. MINT Vincent Tucci MPD Carl Moore MWAA Tim Danahey NCIS SK Johnson NDW William Horn NIH Chris Bartley NIST Daniel Dunlap POSTAL Art Penn PPD Martin Harris PSD OPEN SMITH Liseli Mundie STATE Keith Mott SUPCT Andrew Fried TIGTA Barbara Gray TSA Andy Maybo USCP Pablo Irizarry USMS Robert Beretta USPP OPEN USSS Steve Franchak USSSUD OPEN WALTRD OPEN ZOO

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The PresidenT’s Message

This issue will find you well into sum-mer and enjoying vacations and time

with friends old and new. Remember your friends back here and know that we are working to improve opera-tions and monitoring actions that impact on your future both on the job and off.

Membership files and data bases are being fine tuned in the Lodge to become more cost effective and provide you the membership with the best possible service. During this process we may encoun-ter a few issues or bumps in the road. Some long time members were recently af-fected as the Membership Committee transitioned in some new protocols for veri-fying membership payments. I apologize for any inconve-nience or problems that this caused any member. One of the issues that we as a Lodge need to improve upon is the transitioning of members as they are either promoted out of Labor Units or retire. Once that happens you are then re-sponsible for your dues pay-ment and if that has been taken care of for twenty-five years or more, a simple thing becomes a new item for ac-tion.

Also Hurricane Season is now upon us and with the memories of Katrina still fresh, Andy Maybo, who chairs our Disaster and Re-sponse Team, DART, will be seeking volunteers in a num-ber of areas that can help when we are called upon.

Specifically, drivers who can deploy with little notice are key to this operation. We hope to build upon our re-sponse last year as the Na-tional FOP moves to develop Regional Response Teams in conjunction with Homeland Security. Donations can be made anytime to the FOP’s Disaster Relief Fund. The desire is to be prepared for immediate response with a well laid plan and foundation when called upon.

On the Labor Frontier we are moving to achieve Repre-sentational Elections for the DC Protective Service and Department of Army Defense Logistics Agency along with members from the Depart-ment of Interior Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement Division this has the poten-tial to bring over a thousand new members to the Lodge.

Police Week was accom-plished and I want to thank all those who volunteered to make this possible. Without your help and dedication it could not be possible. Once again we were blamed for the event that was held at 5th and H Street NW. The permit there was for a street closing for a band preparation area, not a party. We had to pay for ABC Inspectors to work OT to monitor our site; they did not because they did not apply for or have an ABC License. Confused? So am I. The Vendor Area will be revisited and arrangements made for more vendors as in the past. As far as the loca-tion, well that site was not

our first choice but when the original site was blocked this was selected as a sub-stitute and worked out well. We are already negotiating for a site, much larger for next year. Every year it be-comes increasingly difficult to find a location that is near enough to the other events, but isolated from residences to avoid noise complaints. Before you ask, no, Third Street under the Department of Labor is not an option be-cause it is opposed by Chief Ramsey. We will continue to do the best we can, but many are fearful that Police Week will become a memory.

It is becoming apparent that the many cuts agencies have been experiencing are starting to catch up with them, especially in the staff-ing. Recent events regarding crime and law enforcement actions require a straight for-ward honest answer that is not normally what is given as we all know, especially Chief Teresa Chambers and Chief Terrance Gainer! I wish to commend all of you who, ev-ery day, perform one of the most difficult jobs that exist. Especially, here in the Na-tion’s Capitol, where anyone, regardless of agency, has the potential to be greeted with “Obviously you do not who I am!” I assure you that the FOP will stand behind you when challenged because “Obviously they do not know who WE are!”

Have a great summer stay safe and remember come by and visit the Lodge.

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All Time Worked Past Tour of Duty to be PaidKristopher K. Baumann Chairman, FOP MPD Labor Committee

I am pleased to announce that the Fraternal Order of Police, Metropolitan Police Department Labor Committee (FOP) has reached an agreement with the Metropolitan Police Department to resolve the ongoing issues regarding

the payment of overtime for time worked. The new system will be effective im-mediately.

The Department has agreed to issue a Teletype instructing all employees that any time worked past the normal tour of duty will be paid, unless *the member elects* to be compensated with comp time. (Remember the FLSA still applies, so the first eleven hours of the cycle are calculated and paid at the standard hourly rate.) Comp time is only to be paid at the option of the member. This rules applies to all time worked past your tour or over forty hours in a week, and it does not matter what the reason for working over is, all time is to be paid, unless *you* want comp time.

The FOP has finally secured an agreement with the Department to pay over-time in a consistent, fair, and equitable manner. While this issue has been a source of contention for more than a year, this agreement is the result of hard negotiating over the past three weeks. I would like to recognize the efforts of our consultant, Gary Hankins, and our counsel, Harold Vaught, in reaching this agreement. Over the last three weeks Mr. Hankins, Mr. Vaught, and I have worked diligently to reach this agreement and to finally resolve this matter. Thank you both.

This is the first of many changes and improvements that you can expect to see

during this FOP administration. Remember that not all victories will come this quickly, but they will come. I will continue to work to improve every aspect of your professional life and I deeply appreciate your continued support.

United States Secret Service Uniformed Division Labor CommitteeJohn McDermott

Many of you are looking around and debating on whether to continue your careers here or to follow a different path. I would like to ask you that which ever you choose please contact someone on the Labor Committee

Board and voice your concerns. If you wish to look after your fellow officers this is a small favor to ask. Unfortunately, we recognize the retention and morale problems even if those above us do not. We wonder why we can’t get manage-ment to listen when we can’t even speak with one voice. We, the Uniformed Divi-sion members, need to really take a look at what is going on before our eyes. To improve our working environment those of us who are not jumping ship must unite. If we work together and pool our resources and experience we may get the answers and results we deserve. The more accurate and complete the picture we have of what is going on throughout the various branches and programs the better we can represent you as a whole.We have many challenges facing us and not much support or help in dealing with them. We are losing too many new and veteran officers to other agencies and management isn’t interested in plugging the leak and the incentives for those that are staying are not very enticing either. Management refuses to ad-

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dress many of our concerns and issues and we need your help and voice to get their attention. They are content with the current trend and as long as they can get two to three years from a new officer that’s good enough for them. We are trying a few options to see if any of our leaders are interested in of-ficially hearing our concerns, but we are meeting some resistance along the way. We need your help to get the word out about the Uniformed Division Labor Committee / FOP and the various issues we are facing. Like I have stated in the past, we need more members to show an interest in what is going on and edu-cate those that are not seeing the bigger picture. I am doing my best to high-light the issues that I feel are flying under the radar and open the eyes of many who are still just going post to post. Please review our web site (www.udlc.com) or attend our monthly meetings for many of our current concerns as well as various law enforcement and official web links. Anyone wishing to become a member of the Uniformed Division Labor Committee (UDLC/FOP) you can access an application through our web site.

I would like to take this time to thank those of you for all your attendance and support during the recent events of National Police Week. Also, there have been way too many funerals for fallen officers and your attendance and support has been noted and is deeply appreciated. We need more people that care and are interested in improving the workplace and home life to step up and get involved with F.O.P. - D.C. Lodge 1 and the numerous events they host supporting local and national law enforcement. Be safe, be vigilant and remember that there is nothing routine in what we may encounter.

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In Memoriam

Sgt. James W. Hill 1949-2006

Jimmy Hill, veteran of nearly 30 years of the Metro Transit Police Department, attended his last roll call on June 7th 2006. He will be sorely missed by the Officers and Brothers and Sisters of The Fraternal Order of Police.

Jimmy began his career with Metro in 1975, prior to their become an official police department in 1976. He was instrumental in organizing the officers into a union, and negotiated their first contract. He was very involved in the “Toys for Tots” campaign, and worked to establish the Davis/Morales scholarship fund and the Annual Crab Feast. He also started the Metro Transit Police Honor Guard. In 2003 Jimmy initiated procedures to decertify the Teamsters and move union representation to the FOP. In Late 2004 he was successful when Officers voted to go with the Fraternal order of Police, and in a landslide victory, Jimmy was then elected as the First Chairman of the Fraternal Order of Police Metro Transit Police Labor Committee. He retired from the Metro Transit Police in December of 2005.

Jimmy was always willing to lend a hand to anyone, especially for all of our Lodge events. Most recently, he volunteered to assist with the Police Week events and was usually one of the first to arrive and among the last to leave. He never complained or had an ill word for anyone. He was also willing to lend his experience to new labor committees.

His contribution to this lodge and to the Metro Transit Police Labor committee will be remembered for years and years to come.

We extend our most sincere sympathy to the Hill Family, Evelyn, James Jr. and Tchennvia and to the officers of the Metro Transit Police Department.

In Memoriam

Jimmy Hill, veteran of nearly 30 years of the Metro Transit Police Department, attended his last roll call on June 7th 2006. He will be sorely missed by the Officers and Brothers and Sisters of The Fraternal Order of Police.

Jimmy began his career with Metro in 1975, prior to their becoming an official police department in 1976. He was instrumental in organizing the officers into a union, and negotiated their first contract. He was very involved in the “Toys for Tots” campaign, and worked to establish the Davis/Morales scholarship fund and the Annual Crab Feast. He also started the Metro Transit Police Honor Guard. In 2003 Jimmy initiated procedures to decertify the Teamsters and move union representation to the FOP. In late 2004, he was successful when Officers voted to go with the Fraternal Order of Police, and in a landslide victory, Jimmy was then elected as the First Chairman of the Fraternal Order of Police Metro Transit Police Labor Committee. He retired from the Metro Transit Police in December of 2005.

Jimmy was always willing to lend a hand to anyone, especially for all of our Lodge events. Most recently, he volunteered to assist with the Police Week events and was usually one of the first to arrive and among the last to leave. He never complained or had an ill word for anyone. He was also willing to lend his experience to new labor committees.

His contribution to this lodge and to the Metro Transit Police Labor committee will be remembered for years and years to come.

We extend our most sincere sympathy to the Hill Family, Evelyn, James Jr. and Tchennvia and to the officers of the Metro Transit Police Department.

Sgt. James W. Hill1949-2006

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LEAA Targeting F.O.P. Members in New Fund-raising Effort

Chuck Canterbury National President

The Law Enforcement Alliance of America (LEAA) is sponsoring a new fund-raising effort targeting F.O.P. members and other law enforcement officers. Their pitch is centered around H.R. 218, the “Law Enforcement

Officers’ Safety Act,” and the implementation problems the law has experienced at the State and local level.

Like most partisan appeals, the fund-raising appeal is inflammatory and plays fast and loose with the facts, particularly with regard to the involvement LEAA had in the adoption of the legislation in the 108th Congress, which was practically nil, and their efforts to aggressively address the problems that have arisen at the State and local level, which are nonexistent as far as we know.

To set the record straight:n It was principally through the efforts of the Fraternal Order of Police, not

the LEAA, that H.R. 218 was signed into law. n It is the Fraternal Order of Police that is aggressively pursuing regulatory

and legislative remedies in States and localities experiencing problems with the law's implementation.

n It is the Fraternal Order of Police that worked with Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and his staff to craft the language that was incorporated into S. 1605 to address the law's shortcomings with respect to retired officers—shortcom-ings which have their origin in amendments attached to H.R. 218 by that bill's primary opponent, Representative F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

I further ask our membership to note that the LEAA’s fund-raising ploy does

not contain any information about what they are doing to address the problems they enumerate or even what they plan to do. I suspect this is because they have no plan and haven’t the stature or the influence to affect policy makers at the Federal, State, or local level even if they did.

While the LEAA rightly claims credit for supporting the idea to allow active and retired law enforcement officers to carry in any jurisdiction, that is the ex-tent of their contributions on this issue. I urge all of our members to consider this before making a donation to an organization that is so quick to claim credit for a success that rightly belongs to the grassroots membership of the F.O.P.

House Passes Amendment Protecting Collective Bargaining for DoD Officers

Chuck Canterbury, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, hailed last night’s passage of an amendment to H.R. 5631, the “FY2007 Department of Defense Appropriations Act,” which eliminates funding for

the Program Executive Officers (PEO) of the National Security Personnel Sys-tem (NSPS). If implemented in its current form, the NSPS will restrict collective bargaining rights for law enforcement officers employed by the Department of Defense (DoD).

“This was a very important vote for us,” Canterbury said. “Congress realized that the system of collective bargaining which the PEO had formulated was wrong and compromised the rights of our officers.”

The amendment, introduced by Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Walter Jones, Jr. (R-NC) passed by voice vote last night. The F.O.P. had been pushing for the amendment since February of this year, when a Federal appeals court struck down the collective bargaining sections of

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NSPS. The court ruled that the new system violated the rights of DoD employees because it would have reduced collective bargaining rights on issues such as overtime, flextime, and transfer away from any site by allowing the Secretary to remove any subject from bargaining. Despite this ruling, the PEO still had the authority to determine collective bargaining rights for our officers. With the passage of the amendment, however, the PEO will not receive the funding it needs to their efforts to undermine collective bargaining rights for DoD employ-ees. The measure now moves to the Senate for further consideration.

“Our grassroots membership was instrumental in winning the necessary sup-port for this amendment,” Canterbury said. “We enjoyed a big victory last night, but we will have to continue to fight on this issue, as the bill continues to move through the legislative process.”

naTional newsNational F.O.P. President Says “Political Policing” on Capitol Hill Must End

Chuck Canterbury, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, sharply criticized the management of the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) for their mishandling of two high profile incidents involving Members of

Congress.“First, we had Representative McKinney attack a police officer, and now we

allegedly have Representative Kennedy narrowly miss striking a police cruiser before crashing into a security barrier,” Canterbury said. “In both cases, Capitol Police management favored politics over protocol.”

Canterbury said that the rank-and-file officers of the USCP were among the finest in the nation, but the agency itself is in complete disarray—a problem exacerbated by the resignation of Chief Terrance W. Gainer.

“For years, this agency was run by a network of ‘good old boys.’” Canterbury explained. “This kind of ‘political policing’ is not longer acceptable—it creates safety issues for the officers and the citizens they protect.”

The U.S. Capitol Police officer attacked by Representative McKinney did file charges, but her case is still being investigated by a grand jury convened by the U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia. The investigation into the incident involving Representative Kennedy, who is suspected of operating his vehicle under the influence, was terminated at the direction of police managers.

“The men and women of the Capitol Police are professionals, and the recent actions of the Capitol Police leadership are downright unprofessional,” Canter-bury said.

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F.O.P. Supports House Resolution Condemning Honor for Cop-Killer

Chuck Canterbury, President of the National Fraternal Order of Police, ap-plauded the introduction of H. Con. Res. 407, which condemns the deci-sion of the city of St-Denis in France to name a street in honor of the man

that killed Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981.“On May 15th, our nation observed National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day, a

time of reflection across our country to honor and remember the law enforce-ment officers who gave their lives while serving and protecting our communi-ties,” said Canterbury. “To honor a cop-killer, especially at this time, is deeply offensive to law enforcement officers, their families, to the city of Philadelphia, and to the United States as a whole.”

A street in St-Denis, a suburb of Paris, now bears the alias of Officer Faulkner’s racist killer, Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted of murder in 1982 based on the sworn testimony of numerous eyewitnesses and overwhelming fo-rensic evidence. Though sentenced to death, Abu-Jamal has avoided justice by

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naTional newsabusing the appeals process at every level of the case. His deft manipulation of the media and his network of supporters who do not know or do not care that he is a murderer have conveyed on him a perverse celebrity status.

“Renaming streets should be an honor afforded to those who have positively impacted their communities or fellow men,” Canterbury said. “This cold-blooded killer did no such thing—he killed a man sworn to protect his community. How can we as a nation not be outraged?”

The resolution, introduced by Representative Michael G. Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Allyson Y. Schwartz (D-PA), condemns the decision to rename the street in honor of this killer, urges St-Denis to change the name, and calls on the national government of France to take steps against St.-Denis if the city refuses to do so. The resolution also honors law enforcement officers worldwide for public service and commitment to public safety.

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nleoMfNational Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Encourages Officers to Help Create Law Enforcement History and Add Their Names to the New “Officer Registry”WASHINGTON, D.C.

Now that the National Law Officers Enforcement Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) has launched its Officer Registry, every officer has a unique opportunity to help create the history of law enforcement. The NLEOMF Officer Reg-

istry gives to any officer who has manned “The Thin Blue Line” a chance to enter his or her name in the nation’s only comprehensive “roll call” of law enforcement officers — past, present, and future. The Officer Registry (www.OfficerRollCall.org) will be linked and searchable with the latest search technology.

“This living, dynamic registry will be a vital part of the National Law Enforce-ment Museum,” said NLEOMF Chairman Craig W. Floyd. “The Officer Registry will let law enforcement officers tell their own stories—why they chose the pro-fession and how they made a difference.”

In addition to recognizing the service and sacrifice of our nation’s law en-forcement officers, the Officer Registry is an ideal gift, whether to honor a new officer’s graduation, a promotion, transfer, professional accomplishment, or for a retiring officer.

For a $50 processing fee, an officer, family member, partner, department, or

grateful citizen can register a deserving law enforcement professional. Registra-tion includes the officer’s name and photo, agencies served, awards received, professional history, specialized training, organization membership, personal memories, and links to departments in which the officer served.

In many families, law enforcement service spans several generations. For these selfless citizens, the Officer Registry has a unique feature that will allow all family members whose records exist in the registry to link to their rela-tives—and add new family members as their family’s service continues.

But the NLEOMF’s Officer Registry isn’t limited only to the men and women of the Thin Blue Line — the Registry will also include K-9 officers, law enforce-ment’s valuable and beloved four-legged partners who also deserve to be remem-bered and honored. The registry will also include mounted officers. In the case