FOP where are you?
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  1. #1
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    FOP where are you?

    Someone from the local FOP needs to explain to the public and all potential officers from out of state thinking of coming to North Carolina, what protections they have here as police officer and deputy sheriffs, (NONE). A woman in the local newspaper made a comment as to why Mark Thigpen is not making a statement and if he was wronged, why is he not fighting back, or doing something about it. The woman does not understand that officers have no recourse in North Carolina when dismissed. There is NO civil service, bargaining union, arbitration, nothing, you are at the mercy of the elected officials. The next Chief of Police who takes a job at Murphy police department better have a contract, or he is a real fool! For all the outsiders, take note, all Florida officers that have come here in the past for police work have been run-off, or fired. Those that are still here were losers from Florida looking for something easier and will not attempt to make change that will jeopardize their jobs. In a nut shell, because officers have no protection, they work in fear continuously of being fired, therefore they will never report misconduct, or do the right thing when it come right down to it.

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    It is high time the local yokels accept the fact that law enforcement officers in this day and age deserve the right to be heard. They need the protection of an "Officer's Bill of Rights", they deserve the right to bargain with the sheriff or municipality for their working conditions, pay and benefits and modern equipment. The citizens expect them to come when called. Some will die if necessary in the line of duty. This is not a normal 9 to 5 job. It demands more from the men and women who serve.
    These same men and women demand more for their service. The good ole boy system just don't work anymore. The more of us who move here, the louder the voices will get. Soon the new people will outnumber locals and changes will be made.

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    A union is an excellent thing in police work for the rank and file but Chiefs aren't normally part of the union and have their own contract with the City. Chiefs are normally "at will" employees and can be let go any time for any reason. This is where political involvement comes in. AFTER a union is in place. Through political involvement by the union members/officers, politicians can be elected who will support the officers and consider who they may or may not want for a chief, and therefore not fire someone who the officers are happy with. But this can take many many years to evolve where there has been historically no acceptance of a union.

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