Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police Foundation

On May 15th, National Peace Officers Memorial Day, the Fraternal Order of Police holds a solemn service at the U.S. Capitol to honor the bravery and sacrifice of fallen officers, including the recently slain Officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge, and Firefighter-Paramedic Adam Finseth, who lost their lives during a tragic standoff in Burnsville, Minnesota, in February 2024.

During this poignant event, the police officer names will be read aloud as survivors receive the posthumous FOP Medal of Valor, and funds raised will assist family members and fellow officers in traveling to Washington D.C. to participate in the memorial and ensure their sacrifice is remembered at the National Law Enforcement Memorial.

Firefighter-Paramedic Finesth will be honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend, May 3-4, 2025 in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Money raised will be used to cover travel expenses of family members and fellow firefighters for this event.

Sadly, here in Minnesota we have lost 5 officers in the line of duty since April 15, 2023. We humbly ask for your support as we have never needed you more. Your donation is 100 percent tax deductible. Donations will go directly into our Foundation. Funds are used to help Officers and their families injured in the line of duty and in the worst of times to help the families of an officer who made the ultimate sacrifice.

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police is to encourage fraternal, educational, charitable, and social activities among law enforcement officers and cultivate a spirit of fraternalism with mutual helpfulness among our members and the people we serve.

WE WILL ACHIEVE THIS MISSION BY:

• Maintaining a professional organization with membership open to all law enforcement officers notwithstanding rank, title or position.

• Maintaining a leadership role in sponsoring and supporting youth activities and organizations in our communities.

• Endorsing and supporting ideas, issues, and projects which benefit the entire law enforcement profession, not just the select few.

• Providing benefits and services which will assist our members in their daily efforts to keep the peace, uphold the Constitution, and maintain a free society. (Amended 01/2001)

PREAMBLE

We, the law enforcement officers of the State of Minnesota and of the several political subdivisions thereof, as representatives and delegates of the Subordinate Lodges, do hereby associate the several Lodges we represent and the members thereof for the following purposes:

To support and defend the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Minnesota; to inculcate loyalty and allegiance to the State of Minnesota and the United States of America; to promote and foster the enforcement of law and order; to improve the individual and collective proficiency of our members in the performance of their duties; to encourage fraternal, educational, charitable and social activities among law enforcement officers; cultivating a spirit of fraternalism and mutual helpfulness among our members and the people we serve; to support the improvement of the standard of living and working conditions of the law enforcement profession through every legal and ethical means available; to create and maintain the tradition of esprit de corps, insuring fidelity to duty under all conditions and circumstances; and to enhance efficiency of the law enforcement profession, and thus more firmly to establish the confidence of the public in the service dedicated to the protection of life and property. (Amended 04/2010)

All terms used herein to denominate gender shall be generic and, whenever appropriate, the singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular. Subsection.

The Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police Foundation was formed to support Police officers, their families and the community during their time of need whether financially, spiritually and need of services.

The Foundation intervenes when members and the community are in immediate need of assistance. Foundation has done the following:

Support financially officers and their families when the officer is injured in the line of duty, or a family member is ill or sick. Donated to help are communities in times of disaster.

Manpower to assist with tasks needed to be done for a person in need.

Helped the local Lodges with the “Cops and Kids” shopping event in their community.