Char-Meck FOP

05/31/2026

Thank you to everyone who participated in our first Officer Memorial Motorcycle Ride. Even though the weather wasn’t ideal, dedicated riders still showed up for a great cause.

North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — On Saturday, motorcyclists honored the lives of four law enforcement officers killed in the deadly shooting in Charlotte’s Shannon Park neighborhood. State…

05/28/2026

Please contact your state legislators and ask for their support of the HALO Law that protects first responders.

🚔 North Carolina’s first responders deserve the ability to safely do the jobs they were sworn to do.

The North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police proudly supports Senate Bill 985 — the HALO Law — which provides a reasonable safety buffer to help protect first responders from intentional interference, threats, and harassment while they are actively serving our communities.

This legislation supports safety, accountability, and constitutional rights while helping officers, firefighters, EMS personnel, and other first responders focus on protecting the public during dangerous and rapidly evolving situations.

Stand with those who stand for us. 🇺🇸💙

05/25/2026

Less that a week away from our Officer Down Memorial Ride. A 55 mile police escorted ride with lunch included at the end. $30 per bike with all proceeds benefitting our Foundation.

Sign up below👇

https://www.ncfoplodge9.com/event-details/officer-down-memorial-ride

05/20/2026

A topic that has come up during FY27 budget discussions regarding pay for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Officers and Sergeants is how the proposed compensation changes impact employees who are still progressing through the Public Safety Pay Plan step system.

For context, CMPD and CFD employees operate under a pre-negotiated Public Safety Pay Plan that provides structured annual pay increases, commonly known as “steps.” Employees know in advance what their merit increase will be, based upon performance and awarded on their merit date.

Step 1 represents entry-level officer pay, while higher steps reflect increased experience and tenure, with SPO IV being the senior officer level (Police Sergeants currently have Steps 1–4).

Most step increases provide a 5% annual pay increase. Step 4 is unique, providing a 10% increase, which is one reason why approval of the proposed 10% FY27 increase is so important.

Under the proposed FY27 plan, Officers and Sergeants would receive the 10% adjustment while annual step increases would be frozen for FY27. Because of that, the proposal benefits both newer employees and topped-out officers the most, whose compensation otherwise changes primarily through market or cost-of-living adjustments.

However, reducing the proposed increase below 10% will create situations where some employees earn less than they otherwise would have under the current step progression system. For example, officers moving from Step 3 to Step 4, which carries a 10% increase, would actually receive a smaller raise than they would have gotten.

CMPD currently operates with approximately a 9% vacancy rate, after reaching highs of 12.8% in 2022 and lows of 8.3% in 2025. Recruiting and retaining qualified officers continues to be a challenge despite campaigns directed at addressing them.

Approving the proposed 10% increase is a meaningful step toward strengthening retention, improving recruitment, and keeping CMPD competitive with surrounding agencies by offering stronger, competitive pay.

Staffing public safety remains one of the city’s greatest challenges. Investing in public safety employees is an investment in the safety and stability of our community.

North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police Mayor Vi Lyles City of Charlotte Government Councilwoman Dimple Ajmera Dr. Victoria Watlington, PE, PMP Councilman JD Mazuera Arias

05/19/2026

We want to start this post off by thanking those on council who, earlier today, voted to advance finding ways to increase market adjustments for our Charlotte Fire Department, Charlotte NC brothers & sisters.

With that, we are now going to call out the three council members that voted to cut market increases to our Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Officers & Sergeants. Councilwomen Lawana Mayfield, Kimberly Owens, and Renee Perkins Johnson voted to advance discussions to cut market adjustments for CMPD from 10% to 7%.

Luckily it failed but these three were willing to gut improving pay for our police officers. During this same meeting, there were discussions on how to best manage the 2027 Military Games that Charlotte is hosting.

The part some on council fail to understand is that all these large events cause strain on all city employees, especially first responders. With CMPD already being 250 +\- officers short, how are they to prepare for these large events properly? They continue to place more and more on them but when it’s time to stand with them, they fail.

These three council members just showed us that their priorities are not on public safety.

Thank you to those on council who still support first responders.

North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police IAFF Charlotte Firefighters

05/18/2026

During today’s budget adjustment meeting, Councilwoman Lawana Slack-Mayfield recommended reducing the 10% proposed market adjustment for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Officers and Sergeants to 7%. We want to correct Councilwoman Slack-Mayfield on a topic she’s clearly not familiar with.

The councilwoman admitted that she’s biased against police, in greater support of the fire department, and then made a statement that “fire shows up first.“ While this is nowhere near accurate, we will say that maybe it’s because the Charlotte Fire Department has a very low vacancy rate and that because CMPD is about 250 officers short, there just simply aren’t enough police officers to keep up with the growth in Charlotte, justifying the need for such an important merit increase.

CMPD is the only city department where they are required to respond to keep other employees safe. There are many addresses around the city that CFD and Mecklenburg EMS will alter response unless CMPD is cross dispatched, it is called being “flagged.” CMPD has never “staged“ to wait for the arrival of CFD or medic prior to responding to a scene. But, it is common for both medic and CFD to stage down the street for CMPD officers to go in and ensure that a scene is secure - something that is absolutely necessary, but is used to dispel the lack of understanding Councilwoman Slack-Mayfield actually has on this topic.

This post is not intended to be negative against our firefighter brothers and sisters; we are hopeful that they get what they feel they deserve.

To Councilwoman Slack-Mayfield, put a little bit of that bias aside and be a council member who understands the entire picture and unites city departments together.

North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police City of Charlotte Government


05/07/2026

Congratulations to you Mayor Vi Lyles. Enjoy those grand babies.

We thank Mayor Lyles for her service to the City of Charlotte. While we’ve not always agreed, those disagreements have been primarily on policy items.

We wish the best for her as she starts a new chapter and we commend anyone who chooses family first. Differences aside, thank you.

We are eager to see who council chooses to fill her vacancy and are happy to work with anyone interested in this seat.

According to a release from her chief communications officer, Lyles, who was first elected mayor in 2017, cited a desire to spend more time with her grandchildren and ...

05/05/2026

Last night, Charlotte City Manager Marcus Jones, presented the proposed FY27 Charlotte budget.

In this budget, a 10% pay raise for police officers and sergeants is included along with an expansion to CMPD’s take-home car program.

If adopted, a new recruit will start at $65,478 ($72,025 w/ a 4-year degree), and a Senior Police Officer will top out at $106,392 ($117,031 w/ a 4-year degree).

This is the largest one-time pay adjustment ever proposed and is a much needed one to help shorten the vacancy rate w/in CMPD.

We thank the Manager and his team for this and to city council for their commitment to improving public safety.

North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police

05/02/2026

We are hopeful that the City Manager & City Council has worked to close the gap in pay for our Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers 🤞.

Additionally, adopting a take home 🚔 for all program will greatly make CMPD attractive to lateral applicants and aid in retaining current talent.

We know the council has worked hard to address CMPD’s vacancy gap and Chief Patterson has been a public advocate for these improvements.

Charlotte City Manager Marcus Jones will unveil his proposed FY27 budget on Monday.