VIDEO: FOP President Has Harsh Words for Mayor
In a report from ABC2News.com, we learn that Gene Ryan, president of the Baltimore City FOP, is denouncing plans by Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to seek legislation that would make it easier to punish police officers who break the law. The FOP Lodge #3 President said while his union does not stand for officers who misuse or abuse their sworn powers they should not have their constitutionally protected rights limited.
Baltimore City FOP President Gene Ryan
“To suggest that we, as a profession, should become a separate class of citizenry, with a separate set of laws by which we are governed, is unconscionable,” Ryan said. “The current Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights does not exist to allow ‘bad’ cops to escape punishment. In fact, the exact opposite is true. It exists to guarantee that, as a profession, we are not alienated from our rights as citizens. We would suggest that those in political office who are so quick to entertain such ideas give a thought to the possibility of a separate set of laws for elected officials.”
Ryan continued by saying that, “the Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #3 stands ready, with our Brothers and Sisters around the State of Maryland, to combat any attempt to disrupt the LEOBR.”
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