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Cleveland F.O.P. Lodge 8
The official labor union for the supervisors of the Cleveland Division of Police

See "Members" area for President O'Malley's memo regarding the Lodge Relocation Project

MEMBERSHIP NOTICE:
2025 Dues Mailings will be mailed late in 2024. Look for it!
2022 and older past due accounts will be  deactivated.
Contact Brian at the Hall if your not sure or to be re-instated!!

Tues-Thurs 9am-2pm or email: fop8@sbcglobal.net
 

Garrity is your friend!

PRACTICE AREAS

OUR
PURPOSE

IMPROVE CONDITIONS

To better the working conditions of police officers.

ADVANCEMENT

To advance social, charitable, and educational undertaking among police officers.

DEVELOPMENT

Encourage the development of police officers.

ADVOCATE

To advocate rigid enforcement, in a uniform manner, of all civil service laws applicable to police officers.

PROTECT RIGHTS

To protect the constitutional rights of police officers.

PROTECT FUTURE

To advocate the establishment of permanent maintenance of sound pension and retirement funds for police officers

OUR VISION

OUR HISTORY

F.O.P. Cleveland Lodge 8 was chartered on May 8th 1934 and was the sole union for Cleveland Police Officers unitl 1969 when the Cleveland Police Patrolman's Association was formed. After that point, the F.O.P Lodge 8 became the bargaining unit for supervisors of C.P.D. and the C.P.P.A started representing the patrol officers. 

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However, the history of the F.O.P. as a whole started 19 years before Lodge 8 was chartered.  In 1915, the life of a policeman was bleak. In many communities they were forced to work 12
hour days, 365 days a year. Police officers didn't like it, but there was little they could do to
change their working conditions. There were no organizations to make their voices heard;
no other means to make their grievances known.

This soon changed, thanks to the courage and wisdom of two Pittsburgh patrol officers.
Martin Toole and Delbert Nagle knew they must first organize police officers, like other labor
interests, if they were to be successful in making life better for themselves and their fellow
police officers. They and 21 others "who were willing to take a chance" met on May 14,
1915, and held the first meeting of the Fraternal Order of Police. They formed Fort Pitt
Lodge #1. They decided on this name due to the anti-union sentiment of the time. However,
there was no mistaking their intentions. As they told their city mayor, Joe Armstrong, the
FOP would be the means "to bring our aggrievances before the Mayor or Council and have
many things adjusted that we are unable to present in any other way...we could get many
things through our legislature that our Council will not, or cannot give us."

And so it began, a tradition of police officers representing police officers. The Fraternal
Order of Police was given life by two dedicated police officers determined to better their
profession and those who choose to protect and serve our communities, our states, and our
country. It was not long afterward that Mayor Armstrong was congratulating the Fraternal
Order of Police for their "strong influence in the legislatures in various states,...their
considerate and charitable efforts" on behalf of the officers in need and for the FOP's
"efforts at increasing the public confidence toward the police to the benefit of the peace, as
well as the public."

From that small beginning the Fraternal Order of Police began growing steadily. In 1955, the
idea of a National Organization of Police Officers came about. Today, the tradition that was
first envisioned 89 years ago lives on with more than 2,100 local lodges and more than
310,000 members in the United States. The Fraternal Order of Police has become the
largest professional police organization in the country. The FOP continues to grow because
we have been true to the tradition and continued to build on it. The Fraternal Order of Police
are proud professionals working on behalf of law enforcement officers from all ranks and
levels of government.

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ATTORNEYS

EXECUTIVE BOARD

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Capt.  Jim O'Malley

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Lt. Ed Lentz

Lt. James "Dodd" Bryant

PRESIDENT

Tel: 216-621-3678

email: fop8president@sbcglobal.net

VICE PRESIDENT

Tel: 216-621-3678

viceprefop8@att.net

2nd VICE PRESIDENT

Brian Betley (Capt. Ret)

Sgt. Eric Newton

 Jerry Zarlenga (Lt. Ret)

Lt. Pat Petranek

 Ron Ross (Sgt. Ret)

Sgt. Antoinette McMahan

Damian Glaser (Sgt. Ret.)

Gary Cugini

Sgt. Richard Kerber

Thomas Kostura

Timothy Leahy

Daniel Rowley

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

RECORDING SECRATARY

FINANCIAL SECRATARY

TREASURER    EMail:    fop8treasurer@sbcglobal.net

CONDUCTOR

GUARD

7th DISTRICT TRUSTEE

TRUSTEE

TRUSTEE

TRUSTEE

TRUSTEE

TRUSTEE

                    2023 Lodge Delegates

Sergt. Michael Schroeder - D3
Capt. Kevin Schwarz- D1
Anthony Gorsek- Retiree (Sergt)
Sergt. Anthony McMahan- D3
Capt. Rob Simon- Bur. of Compliance
Thomas McGuire- Retiree (Lieut)
Mark Lunch- Retiree (Capt.)

 

Lodge 8 Support Staff

Brian Koehl                                          Front Office Manager
Tom Kostura                                        Facility Manager
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CONTACT

CONTACT
FOP LODGE 8

NOTE: We no longer rent the hall 

OUR ADDRESS

2249 Payne Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114

Email: fop8@sbcglobal.com
Tel:  216-621-3678

LOBBY HOURS: Tues-Thursday 9am-2pm

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