Montgomery Community Media

As thousands protest police brutality and racial injustice throughout the country, the calls to reform police unions — which can stand in the way of prosecuting officers who kill unarmed people of color — are getting louder. Montgomery County Police Department’s union is the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 35 (FOP Lodge 35). In a […]

Residents gave their points of view on a proposed policing advisory commission Tuesday night. Torrie Cooke, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, said the commission could help bring the public and police together. Carlean Ponder, a member of the American Civil Liberties Union, believed the FOP had enough influence at the county and state […]