Fraternal Order of Police
William "Bill" Rutherford Memorial Lodge #145 Ocala, Fl.
Deputy William
"Bill" Rutherford
Welcome to our web site.
Our Lodge was named in honor of Marion County Deputy Rutherford who died in the line of duty in January 1990. After his death, the Lodge was formed as a social fraternal organization. Since its beginning, our Lodge has sponsored many community events that help ensure the high quality of life that we enjoy in Marion County.
Members of our Lodge are active duty Deputy Sheriff's and Corrections Officers and retired Law Enforcement Officers from throughout the country. Events which our Lodge hosts are Car Shows and an annual Gun Show. Click on Calender Events in the left hand column for more details. Our Lodge is a founding member of the Marion County Public Safety Assistance Trust. More information is available via Links. The Fraternal Order of Police is now an International organization of over 327,00 Law Enforcement Officers with over 20,000 in the State of Florida. We work to protect those who protect you. We now have a quarterly publication called the Centurion and it is sent to all of our members and posted on this web site and is linked to both the State FOP web site and the National FOP web sites which is viewed by those 327,000 FOP Members. A business card add is only $25 an issue.We launched our Associate Lodge in 2009. Membership is open to anyone or Business that wants to support those who protect our community.
Todd Tucker, President
FOP Lodge #145
Members of our Lodge are active duty Deputy Sheriff's and Corrections Officers and retired Law Enforcement Officers from throughout the country. Events which our Lodge hosts are Car Shows and an annual Gun Show. Click on Calender Events in the left hand column for more details. Our Lodge is a founding member of the Marion County Public Safety Assistance Trust. More information is available via Links. The Fraternal Order of Police is now an International organization of over 327,00 Law Enforcement Officers with over 20,000 in the State of Florida. We work to protect those who protect you. We now have a quarterly publication called the Centurion and it is sent to all of our members and posted on this web site and is linked to both the State FOP web site and the National FOP web sites which is viewed by those 327,000 FOP Members. A business card add is only $25 an issue.We launched our Associate Lodge in 2009. Membership is open to anyone or Business that wants to support those who protect our community.
Todd Tucker, President
FOP Lodge #145
The five-cornered star is to remind us of the allegiance we owe to the American flag.
The three colors Blue, Gold, and White signify the official colors of the Fraternal Order of Police. In the Blue field, in the lower left hand corner is the open eye, the eye of vigilance, the ever watchful eye, which notes the danger, and offers protections to the public. In the Blue field in the lower right corner id the handshake, which denotes Friendship.
The circle surrounding the Star, indicates our never ending efforts to promote the welfare and advancement of this order, and within its bounds we are a one great and powerful unit. In the circle over the centerpiece is our Motto, written in Latin, Jus Fides Libertatum. Jus meaning Justice. Fides meaning Friendship. Libertatum means Equality. The center of the Star is the seal of Fort Pitt. This reminds us of where the first lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police was chartered in 1915, Fort Pitt Lodge #1.
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The Meaning Behind The FOP Emblem
