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Jerrard F. Young
DC Lodge #1
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Summer 2006
Volume 25, Issue 3
First Two Officers Killed In The Line of Duty
In Fairfax County Police History
O
n Monday May 8th, 18-year-old Michael Kennedy 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 hunting 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 happening.”
Donations in honor of Detective Armel can be sent to:
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The Officers and Brothers and Sisters of The Fraternal Order of Police
Jerrard F. Young DC Lodge #1 Express our most profound sympathy to
the Fairfax County Police Department
and the Family and Friends of Detective Vicky Armel and Officer Michael
Garbarino. Our relationship with the
Fairfax County Police has always
been a strong and we have both benefited 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 different news articles and television
reports in the area)
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Master Police Officer Michael Garbarino was a
23-year veteran of the Fairfax County Police Department. 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 entrance.
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 traditional missing man salute.
Resting atop Garbarino’s grave site
the next day was a mountain of flowers, 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 Garbarino can be sent to:
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The President’s
Message
Officer Jerrard F. Young
The 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 community projects, charities, and social functions
as well as their efforts to improve law enforcement.
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Marcello Muzzatti Vice President
Tori Beauchemin Recording Secre-
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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
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Alvin Hardwick GPO
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Patrick Curtis Sr. MINT
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President
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his issue will find
you well into summer and enjoying
vacations and time
with friends old and new.
Remember your friends back
here and know that we are
working to improve operations 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 encounter a few issues or bumps
in the road. Some long time
members were recently affected as the Membership
Committee transitioned in
some new protocols for verifying membership payments.
I apologize for any inconvenience 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 responsible for your dues payment and if that has been
taken care of for twenty-five
years or more, a simple thing
becomes a new item for action.
Also Hurricane Season is
now upon us and with the
memories of Katrina still
fresh, Andy Maybo, who
chairs our Disaster and Response Team, DART, will be
seeking volunteers in a number 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 response last year as the National 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 Representational Elections for the
DC Protective Service and
Department of Army Defense
Logistics Agency along with
members from the Department of Interior Fish and
Wildlife Law Enforcement
Division this has the potential to bring over a thousand
new members to the Lodge.
Police Week was accomplished 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 location, well that site was not
our first choice but when
the original site was blocked
this was selected as a substitute and worked out well.
We are already negotiating
for a site, much larger for
next year. Every year it becomes 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 because 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 staffing. Recent events regarding
crime and law enforcement
actions require a straight forward 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, every day, perform one of the
most difficult jobs that exist.
Especially, here in the Nation’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 Paid
Kristopher 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 immediately.
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 overtime 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
Committee
John McDermott
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any 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 management to listen when we can’t even speak with one voice. We, the Uniformed Division 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 officially 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 educate those that are not seeing the bigger picture. I am doing my best to highlight 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
In Memoriam
Sgt. James W. Hill
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W. Hill
1949-2006
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his last roll call on June 7th 2006. He will be sorely missed by the Officers and Brothers
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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.
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LEAA Targeting F.O.P. Members
in New Fund-raising Effort
Chuck Canterbury
National President
T
he 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—shortcomings which have their origin in amendments attached to H.R. 218 by that
bill's primary opponent, Representative F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (RWI), 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 extent 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
C
huck 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 System (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 employees. The measure now moves to the Senate for further consideration.
“Our grassroots membership was instrumental in winning the necessary support 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 F.O.P. President Says
“Political Policing” on Capitol Hill
Must End
C
huck 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,” Canterbury said.
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F.O.P. Supports House Resolution
Condemning Honor for Cop-Killer
huck Canterbury, President of the National Fraternal Order of Police, applauded the introduction of H. Con. Res. 407, which condemns the decision 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 enforcement officers who gave their lives while serving and protecting our communities,” 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 forensic evidence. Though sentenced to death, Abu-Jamal has avoided justice by
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abusing 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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National 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.
N
ow 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 Registry 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 Enforcement Museum,” said NLEOMF Chairman Craig W. Floyd. “The Officer Registry
will let law enforcement officers tell their own stories—why they chose the profession and how they made a difference.”
In addition to recognizing the service and sacrifice of our nation’s law enforcement 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. Registration 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 relatives—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 enforcement’s valuable and beloved four-legged partners who also deserve to be remembered and honored. The registry will also include mounted officers. In the case