About Us
The Back the Badge Political Action Committee was created by the members of the
Fraternal Order of Police, Tulsa Lodge 93. The FOP Lodge 93 represents the men and
women of the Tulsa Police Department.
Many members of the FOP Lodge 93 thought that it was important to get involved in
the political process. The importance gained measure, because of a contractual agreement
with the FOP and the City of Tulsa.
The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) has a provision that allows for the FOP
to cooperate with the City of Tulsa in legislative matters that would benefit the
FOP Lodge 93 and the City of Tulsa.
Through the years, many members of the FOP Lodge 93 took that provision in the CBA
to heart and traveled to the State Legislature. It was there that the FOP Lodge
93 discovered how important it is to know and have a relationship with the Legislature.
They realized that this would benefit the members of the Tulsa Fraternal Order of
Police, the Tulsa Police Department and the City of Tulsa.
As the years continued, the FOP Lodge 93 assisted the Legislative process by providing
technical information to our elected officials. We then discovered how important
our opinions could be in the political process. We then became more active and formed
the Back the Badge PAC. The purpose of the BTB PAC was two fold. By creating the
BTB PAC was to inform the Members of the Tulsa Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 93
and the Tulsa Police Deparment of the candidates and the offices they were seeking.
The other was to provide a recommendation for endorsement after thorough research
on each candidates.
We then realized that many candidates who understood law enforcement could use our
help in the election process. When they have similar views on public safety we felt
that they would be a great advocate for the law enforcement community, but also
the citizens of Tulsa.
Today, the membership of the Back the Badge PAC has expanded to be more representative
of the law enforcement community in the Tulsa area. It consists of citizens, Tulsa
Police Officers and members of the FOP. Each share the value of a safe community
and they appriciate an organization that is dedicated to advocate for the citizens
and law enforcement.
Our goal is simple. We seek to help those who understand the law enforcement community.
These are the individuals who will seek legislation to benefit the law enforcement
community in the Tulsa area. We also seek these individuals because they want to
provide a safe city, county and state. These individuals want to continue to strive
to improve law enforcement.