Although a life in law enforcement is a journey that never ends, for most the journey starts at the police academy. It’s a job training program that will test and stretch both mental and physical attributes. It’s a program designed to be tough. It separates those that...
UNDERSTANDING POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER With sadness and compassion, we have all heard of soldiers returning from war suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Understanding the traumas of warfare and its aftereffects can help us to recognize the...
NJFOP President Robert W. Fox NJFOP President Robert W. Fox is thrilled to announce that due to our State Lodge’s fierce opposition to Senate Bill 685, the Senate was forced to hold the legislation during yesterday’s session. On Monday, June 21, the Senate was...
NJFOP President Bob Fox continues to push back hard on legislation that would permit municipal, county, and regional police and fire forces to establish five-year residency requirements. NJFOP maintains, among other things, that the decision for every resident of this...
NJFOP President Robert W. Fox NJFOP thanks Assemblymen Ronald S. Dancer and Anthony S. Verrelli for sponsoring A-5625, legislation that increases PFRS accidental disability and accidental death pension when disability or death is caused by a weapon. This bill is...
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