US EditionMajor city police unions support federal troop deployments, but local leaders are pushing back
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fraternal Order of Police cites a nearly 200% spike in Uptown homicides and a severe police staffing shortage as reasons for requesting National Guard support.
- Major city police unions support deploying federal troops to respond to violent crime, but local leaders are pushing back against this proposal.
- Community leader Derrick Jackson disagrees with deploying troops and believes the focus should be on funding community organizations that prevent violence.
- Mayor Vi Lyles says federal help like the National Guard will not be needed, while council member Ed Peacock believes the option should be considered if necessary.
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Major city police unions support federal troop deployments, but local leaders are pushing back
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Multiple police union leaders have requested or supported federal law enforcement assistance to counter rising rates of violent crime in their cities, including in Charlotte, where the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska drew national attention. But, at least one union leader reversed course after city officials rejected the idea as illegal and unnecessary. On Thursday, the Fraternal Order of Police in C…
Charlotte FOP wants Trump to deploy National Guard - cites 15 murders since death of Iryna Zarutska · American Wire News
The Charlotte, North Carolina, chapter of the National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) is demanding that the National Guard be deployed ASAP. In a letter sent this week to Charlotte’s city leaders, the FOP wrote that it intends to ask North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein and President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard to the city. “This request is due to the ongoing failure of city and police leadership to address the severe staffing crisis wi…
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N.C. Police Union Requests National Guard for Charlotte
North Carolina's largest police union has requested federal law enforcement assistance, including National Guard deployment to Charlotte, citing what it described as escalating violence and a staffing crisis. In a letter Thursday, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 9, told city leaders: "The request is due to the ongoing failure of city and police leadership to address the severe staffing crisis within the Charlotte-M…
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