Don’t forget to help honor this year’s TOP COPS. The TOP COPS Law Enforcement Sponsorship deadline is April 16, 2024. The TOP COPS Awards® will be presented during a Reception and Dinner May 12. To support NAPO’s efforts in producing a deserving tribute, we are asking all NAPO members to please consider becoming a Law Enforcement Organization Sponsor.

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security is holding a second hearing on the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) on April 16. The hearing will focus on the policy of repealing the two provisions, how the repeal will impact the Social Security Trust Fund, and the best way to address the inequity of the GPO and WEP. NAPO is asking members who previously submitted statements in November, to resubmit those statements to drive the point home that the GPO and WEP are detrimental to the retirement security of millions of public sector retirees. For those who did not submit statements, please consider doing so before the April 30th deadline. 

Despite almost nine months of NAPO and the national law enforcement community expressing strong opposition to the Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act (H.R. 4639), the House is considering bringing it to the floor for a vote. On April 9, the House unanimously approved legislation to reauthorize the Missing Children’s Assistance Act, which makes critical updates to help the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) better respond to crimes affecting children, support youth who are missing, and prevent child sexual exploitation. FANFSA would take away many of the investigative tools law enforcement uses to both find victims and bring child predators to justice. NAPO contacted all members of the House urging them to reject any attempt to include it as part of FISA reauthorization. 

Don’t miss the opportunity to lobby Congressional Representatives and Senators on behalf of your members concerning the issues which affect law enforcement on May 14th during NAPO’s Annual Lobby Day & Legislative Awards Luncheon on Capitol Hill. Please register by May 1, 2024.

The 2024 COPS Hiring Program is a competitive grant program to provide funds directly to law enforcement agencies to hire new or rehire existing career law enforcement officers to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Up to $156 million is available. Applications are due by 4:59 PM ET June 12, 2024.  

NAPO pledged its support for the Protecting Our Communities from Sexual Predators Act (H.R. 7649), which would ensure illegal immigrants who are convicted of sexual assault are detained, immediately deported, and permanently barred from re-entering the country. 

For more about these and other legislative issues, please click here for the April 12, 2024 Washington Report.