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Feb 19, 2019
The National Police Support Fund (NPSF) attended the National Sheriff’s Association (NSA) Legislative and Technology Conference at the JW Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC. Our team attended breakout sessions relating to border security, volunteer policing, mental health, jail administration, and identity documents fraud. The nation’s top experts in law enforcement presented the latest information relating […]
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Feb 9, 2019
Members from the National Police Support Fund will be attending the annual legislative conference of the National Sheriff’s Association which will be held on February 9-12 in Washington, D.C. The conference will attract leaders of sheriffs’ departments, law enforcement agencies, and legislative experts on Capitol Hill for the four day conference. There are plenty of […]
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Jan 15, 2019
Criminal justice reform has been a major topic of debate in America for decades, marked by strong and unwavering stances on both sides of the issue. That is, until last month, when Congress and President Trump passed The First Step Act. The passage of the criminal justice reform bill marked a major breakthrough for proponents […]
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Jan 4, 2019
In 2018, National Police Support Fund released a Voter Guide, The 5 Key Issues Impacting Police Officers, which highlighted five key issues affecting the law enforcement community. It was meant to serve as a reference to pro-law enforcement voters before they headed to the polls on November 6. Simon Lewis, Executive Director of National Police […]
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Dec 19, 2018
2018 saw National Police Support Fund make great strides toward fulfilling its goals and mission to support those who support our nation’s law enforcement officers. Over the past twelve months, we have laid the foundation that will support our work for years to come. We used our resources to execute a winning General Election strategy […]
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Dec 12, 2018
The FIRST STEP Act was passed by the United States House of Representatives and is awaiting action in the United States Senate. This Act would allow employees to store their firearms securely at federal prisons, as well as restrict the use of restraints on pregnant women, expand compassionate release for terminally ill patients, in some […]
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Dec 11, 2018
Florida Constitutional Amendment 6 Passed Despite Opposition from Law Enforcement Last month in Florida, a controversial constitutional amendment, Amendment 6, was passed by statewide referendum. The amendment aimed at expanding the rights of crime victims. Unfortunately, politicians in Florida, as well as well-funded outside interest groups, used the referendum to pass other unrelated provisions that many […]
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Nov 23, 2018
Ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, National Police Support Fund’s released its 2018 Voter Guide, The 5 Key Issues Impacting Police Officers. The Voter Guide was met with overwhelmingly positive reception across the country. I’m proud to announce the overwhelming success of our 2018 Voters Guide. We were able to reach over 38,000 voters across the […]
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Nov 14, 2018
Ohio voters overwhelmingly defeated a statewide referendum that would have amended the state constitution and soften penalties on some drug offenders. Issue 1 was defeated on November 6, with over 63% of voters rejecting the measure. Issue 1, according to news outlet Cleveland.com, “would have reclassified possession, use and obtaining all drugs to misdemeanors and would […]
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Nov 8, 2018
National Police Support Fund congratulates law enforcement veteran Randy Robertson on his election to the Georgia State Senate. Roberston defeated his opponent, Democrat Valerie Haskins, 63% to 37% for the right to represent Georgia’s 29th state senate district. In a statement to the press following his victory, Robertson said that he is committed to representing all those […]