WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump welcomed leaders of the National Fraternal Order of Police to the White House on June 5, urging Senate passage of his sweeping legislative package, the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
The visit comes just one week after the FOP formally endorsed the bill and reaffirmed its backing of Trump’s presidential campaign, which it first endorsed in September 2024. The bill, which passed the House on May 22, still awaits approval in the Senate.
During the event, FOP National President Patrick Yoes praised Trump for following through on a key commitment to law enforcement regarding the federal income tax on overtime pay.
“You made a promise that you were going to address [tax on overtime]…” Yoes told the president. “That one big new bill is certainly making good on that promise. We thank you for that.”
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The FOP and other speakers highlighted ongoing challenges in recruitment and retention nationwide. A representative from Washington, D.C., noted the city’s police force is currently operating with nearly 1,000 fewer officers than needed.
Attorney General Pam Bondi also addressed the gathering, announcing the Justice Department is dismissing multiple lawsuits and investigations into police departments that began under the Biden administration.
“We are dismissing lawsuits filed by the Biden DOJ against police departments in Louisville, Minneapolis, Albuquerque,” Bondi said. “[We’re also ending] meritless investigations into departments in Phoenix, Trenton, New York City, Oklahoma, and elsewhere.”
Bondi said the administration is also ending several federal consent decrees — court-ordered reform plans imposed during previous administrations to correct patterns of civil rights violations in policing and detention.
“We’re working with local law enforcement to give you the tools that you need to make our streets safer,” she said.
FOP National Vice President Joe Gamaldi added his thanks for the administration’s approach to border enforcement and immigration, arguing that stricter policies have helped reduce crime and repeat arrests in sanctuary cities.
“Our officers, especially in sanctuary cities, are tired of arresting the same people over and over again who never should have been here in the first place,” Gamaldi said. “Thank you for the incredible efforts by you and your administration to deport these people who have come to our country illegally and then refuse to follow the very laws that we hold so sacred.”
The FOP, the largest police labor organization in the U.S., represents more than 370,000 members nationwide.
