June 10, 2011

As reported last week, following opposition to the LEO Retirement Restrictions in HB927, the bill sponsor, Representative Dale Folwell, proposed a meeting with group stakeholders for this past Tuesday, June 7, 2011. That meeting did occur for about two hours beginning at 10:00 a.m. in Representative Folwell's office.

June 7, 2011

The Police Benevolent Foundation, Inc. and the Tennessee Division of the Southern States PBA are in mourning as one of their own, Deputy Keith Bellar of the Dickson County Sheriff's Office, was shot in the head while responding to what he believed was a motor vehicle accident that turned out to be a domestic dispute on Monday, June 6th. Deputy Bellar was flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he died Tuesday morning from injuries. Deputy Bellar paid the ultimate sacrifice, and it is with a heavy heart that the PBF asks for the help of the community, both locally and nationally, to aid in their efforts to provide much needed support for this deputy's beneficiaries in their time of need.

June 1, 2011

The First Term of this Legislative Session ended on April 14, 2011. Any bill that did not pass in the First Term may be carried over to the Second Term which begins January 9, 2012.

April 25, 2011

The Police Benevolent Foundation, Inc. and the North Carolina Division of the Southern States PBA are in mourning as one of their own, Deputy Kenneth Cobb of the Bertie County Sheriff's Office, and his three year old son were tragically killed in accident late Sunday afternoon. Cobb's wife remains in critical condition at Pitt County Memorial Hospital.

April 15, 2011

The Police Benevolent Foundation, Inc. and the Arkansas Division of the Southern States PBA are in mourning as one of their own, Officer Jonathan Schmidt of the Trumann Police Department, was shot and killed about 11:30 P.M. on Tuesday, April 12.