Fraternal Order of Police
The Fraternal Order of Police was founded in 1915 by two Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, patrol officers, Martin Toole and Delbert Nagle. It has over 355,000 members organized in 2,100 local chapters, state lodges, and the national Grand Lodge. The organization has a no strike pledge, but this has not been enforced since 1967 when FOP police in Youngstown, Ohio refused to...
