The Fraternal Order of Police is the nation's
largest law enforcement organization, with over 250,000 members and over
1,900 lodges throughout the United States.
Founded in 1915, the F.O.P. represents professional,
full-time officers from all agencies of law enforcement
About the Star
The is the symbol of authority with which all
police officers are more or less invested.
Midway between the points and center of the star
is a blue field. The points are gold, which indicates the position under
which we serve .
The background is white, white being the virgin
or unstained color, represents purity; among our many efforts, one is to
allow nothing of a corrupt nature to be injected into our Order, therefore
blue, gold and white are our colors.
In the three uppermost blue fields are the letters
F.O.P., which is the monogram of our Order, the "Fraternal
Order of Police"
In the bluefield, in the lower left-hand corner,
is the open eye, the eye of vigilance, the ever watchful eye, which notes
danger, and offers protection to the public, asleep or awake.
In the lower right-hand corner, is the hand clasp,
which denotes friendship. The circle surrounding the Star midway, indicates
our never ending and never tiring efforts to promote the welfare and advancement
of this order.
In a half circle over the centerpiece is our motto,
written in Latin, Jus, Fides, libertatum, which translated means Law is
a safeguard of Freedom.
In the center of the star is the seal for Fort
Pitt, which reminds us of where the first efforts were put forth to establish
this highly
necessitated Order.
