Legislative Update

NAPO Again Only Rank-and-File Group in Nation Invited to Speak at Attorney General's Law Enforcement Summit

Washington, D.C.:  On Monday, April 20, 2009, NAPO was honored to attend the first National Law Enforcement Summit called by United States Attorney General Eric Holder.  The meeting was held at the United States Department of Justice Kennedy Building in Washington, D.C.  More than 70 leaders of State, Local, Federal and Tribal police were in attendance, as was the Attorney General and his top staff.  Continuing the pattern set over the last several years, NAPO was once more the only rank-and-file group in the nation invited to speak at the summit meeting.

NAPO’s President, Thomas J. Nee helped to lead a panel discussion on joint state/local/tribal and federal task forces, looking at how they can work more effectively and efficiently to safeguard America’s public.  Tom was joined by the Director of the United States Marshal Service, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the head of the criminal division of the FBI, the Director of investigations for Immigration and Customs at the Department of Homeland Security, and the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.  Neil MacBride, Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States, moderated.