President's Welcome

Hello, and welcome to the Web Home of the Chesterfield Fraternal Order of Police Lodge # 47. Chesterfield FOP Lodge 47 membership is made up of a diverse group of law enforcement officers from the greater Richmond area. We are also very fortunate to have an active Auxiliary Lodge and Associate Lodge.

You may not know that the Fraternal Order of Police was founded in 1915 as an organization to help police officers in Pittsburgh with working conditions. Dedicated professionals of the Chesterfield County Police Department founded our Lodge in 1981.

          Their Goal was to build an organization locally that would foster community involvement and fraternalism among the officers of the Chesterfield Police Department. Since then our lodge has grown in numbers and in law enforcement organizations that are represented within the ranks of are memberships.

I have been a police officer with the Chesterfield County Police since 1986. I joined the FOP in 1987 as a regular member. I served on the Executive Board as a trustee for two years before being elected President in 2003. I also serve with the Virginia State Fraternal Order Of Police as a registered lobbyist and the chairperson of the legislative action committee. I am dedicated to the citizens of Chesterfield County not only as a police officer, but also as President of Chesterfield FOP Lodge 47.

           Each year we hold different fund raising activities to raise money for our charitable programs. The citizens of Chesterfield continue to show their support for us by donating hard earned money to our lodge. Funds that are donated are used to provide money for our Christmas with a Cop program that is held each year. This year we will be taking 40 Children shopping with police officers for Christmas presents at the Chester Wal-Mart. We also donate funds each year to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Easter Seals, Chesterfield County Police Foundation, Chesterfield County Police Memorial service, “Chesterfield CASA” Court Appointed Special Advocacy Program and many other charitable requests that are presented to us.

           If you are interested in joining FOP Lodge 47 feel free to contact us through the contact information provided on this site. We are always looking for community minded individuals to join are organization. I want to again thank you for your interest in our lodge and hope you enjoyed your visit to are site.  

Fraternally,

Kevin P. Carroll

President

Chesterfield Fraternal Order Of Police Lodge 47