WELCOME TO SPOON RIVER VALLEY FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODGE #427
SPOON RIVER VALLEY
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
LODGE #427
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
LODGE #427
Welcome to the Spoon River Valley Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge #427 website. Please take a few minutes to browse around. We look forward to helping you discover resources that will help meet your personal and corporate needs.
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THE VOICE OF OUR NATION'S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
The Fraternal Order of Police is the largest and oldest law enforcement labor organization in the United States. Since 1993, the FOP has maintained a National Legislative Office, now known as the Government and Media Affairs Center, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., with a full-time professional staff that actively lobbies all components of the federal government—from Congress to federal departments to the White House—on public safety and policing issues.
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About the Star
The emblem adopted by the National Fraternal Order of Police is designed to remind the membership of the duties that are expected of them as a citizen, a police officer and a member of the lodge. The five-cornered star tends to remind us of the allegiance we owe to our flag and is a symbol of the authority with which we are entrusted. It is an honor the people we serve bestow upon us. They place their confidence and trust in us; serve them proudly. Midway between the points and center of the star is a blue field representative of the thin blue line protecting those we serve. The points are of gold, which indicates the position
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The background is white, the unstained color representing the purity with which we should serve. We shall not let anything corrupt be injected into our order. Therefore, our colors are blue, gold and white. The open eye is the eye of vigilance, ever looking for danger and protecting all those under its care while they sleep or while awake. The clasped hands denote friendship. The hand of friendship is always extended to those in need of our comfort. The circle surrounding the star midway indicates our never-ending efforts to promote the welfare and advancement of this order. Within the half-circle over the centerpiece is our motto, “Jus, Fidus, Libertatum,” which translated means “Law Is a Safeguard of Freedom."
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