THE OKLAHOMA STATE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE AUXILIARY.

 

 

Oklahoma Law Enforcement

Families Actively Supporting

Oklahoma’s Law Enforcement

Membership

 

Membership eligibility that originally allowed only females as members has been extended to include all family members (18 years of age or over) of any member of the Fraternal Order of Police. Even the name of the organization was changed to drop the word “Ladies”. The Oklahoma Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliaries are an integral, contributing extension of the F.O.P. and the organization is prepared to meet the police family’s needs for the future.

 

 

History

 

The Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary is an ancillary organization of the Fraternal Order of Police, the largest nationwide organization of law enforcement officers. The Auxiliary is the only national support organization of its kind.

 

The first F.O.P. Ladies Auxiliary was organized in 1920 in Pittsburgh, PA. Ladies Auxiliaries soon spread across the nation. What slarted as a local police wife’s group has grown to a national organization with over 5,000 members.

 

Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS)

 

The Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary was the catalyst in forming the COPS organization. COPS assists survivors of officers killed in the line of duty with grief seminars of various nature. COPS hosts a 2 day seminar each year during Police Week in Washington DC.

 

The Oklahoma State F.O.P. Auxiliary awards several $300 scholarships annually to a qualifying member of an F.O.P. member. It is the concern of the State Auxiliary that our children are educated and that is sometimes a financial struggle for law enforcement families. It is also a concern that spouses be able to continue their education in order to take some the financial burden from the shoulders of the police officer and allow them to spend more time with their families. It is a well-known fact that most law enforcement officers must work a second and sometimes third job to support their famifles. It is the desire of the State F.O.P. Auxiliary to continue awarding scholarships as long as there is a need and as long as funding is available.

 

Charities

 

Although each subordinate Auxiliary in Oklahoma has a favorite charity to which contributions are made, the national charity for the Fraternal Order of Police and its Auxiliary is Easter Seals. Each year the Auxiliary makes a substantial donation to Easter Seals at the Telethon in Pasadena, CA.

 

Another charity supported at the national level is Special Olympics. Many Auxiliaries are involved with Special Olympics. Members work with the children during the games and host various fund raising projects.

 

Battered Wives Shelters, homeless shelters, etc. are other areas in which Auxiliaries give much needed support.

 The National Peace Officers Memorial Day Service

 

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed May ₁₅1h as National Peace Officers Memorial Day. It wasn’t until the F.O.P. Auxiliary sponsored and planned the First National Peace Officer’s Memorial Day Service that any national effort was exerted to remember the line-of-duty deaths inflicted on those who serve the law enforcement profession. In 1982, at the first Annual Memorial Service held in Washington DC, 125 people attended. Annual attendance now reaches 15-20,000. The Auxiliary serves as the catalyst and organizer of the activity, but the annual expense is funded by the Fraternal Order of Police. -

 

Oklahoma State Peace Officers’

Memorial Service

 

The State Auxiliary is an advisory member of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial Committee. Annually during National Police Week, the week containing May 15th, members of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Memorial Committee host the Oklahoma State Peace Officers’ Memorial Service at the Oklahoma State Memorial. The Memorial is located at 36^th and ML King Blvd. in Oklahoma City. Law Enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in Oklahoma are honored at this emotional service. Their names are engraved on the Memorial to be remembered always.

 

 

The Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary promotes, encourages and educates our law enforcement officers about gun safety through the Lock It Up Program. Educational films, brochures and posters are distributed to law enforcement agencies. The Grand Lodge Auxiliary provides the funding for the Lock It Up Program.

 

 

Legislative

 

F.O.P. Auxiliaries at the local, State and National levels work in conjunction with the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police. To ensure passage of legislative issues concerning-Law Enforcement officers. Letter writing campaigns and attending political events are examples of how this is accomplished. Annually the Oklahoma Fraternal Order of Police co-hosts a Legislative Reception to ~meet with and talk to area legislators and representatives.

 

 

 

THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE

AUXILIARIES ARE READY TO FACE THE

NEXT CENTURY! AND WE’RE WAITING

FOR YOU TO JOIN IN OUR EFFORTS TO

SUPPORT YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT

OFFICER!

 

 

Support your law enforcement officer —join the F. O.P. Auxiliary

The Grand Lodge Auxiliary represents all State and subordinate Auxiliaries. A State Auxiliary is comprised of all members of subordinate auxiliaries within that particular State. Subordinate auxiliaries are the most important in the Structure of the Auxiliary. A subordinate auxiliary is formed with the permission of the parent F.O.P. Lodge with a minimum of ten eligible persons. This grass roots organization administers to the day-to-day problems of the members of the Fraternal Order of Police and their families.

 

The profile of a subordinate auxiliary varies with the needs of each particular police

- family, law enforcement agency, F.O.P. lodge and community. Auxiliaries represent diverse interests and makeup of members. Our members are holding blood banks, car washes, dances, boat rides, visiting hospitals, sponsoring athletic teams, providing grants to needy students, walking the halls of Congress and State legislatures soliciting support for police oriented legislation, and serve on critical response teams within the law enforcement agencies

•. THESE ARE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE F.O.P. AUXILIARY!

 

 

*“NEVER LET THEM WALK ALONE!

*The motto of the Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary.