The Speaker
Dr. Matthew Fogg retired as a Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal with 32 years of federal service and member of the Marshals Special Operations Group (SWAT) team. He was cross designated a Special Agent and Group Supervisor for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) supervising nationwide U.S. Marshals joint, local police task force’s that captured hundreds of Americas most dangerous and wanted fugitives, drugs, guns and assets forfeitures. He received three of the highest law enforcement awards from the District of Columbia U.S. Attorney, the Federal Bar Association, and the Marshals Service director for outstanding law enforcement above & beyond the call of duty. He was a ‘First Responder’ at Ground Zero on 9/11 in New York City and was honored by the National Aeronautics & Space Administration.
Dr. Fogg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Marshall University in West Virginia, an Honorary Doctorate and Chaplains license from Global OVED DEI Seminary & University in Florida (www.GODSU.org); a Ambassador for Peace in the Universal Peace Federation and the Interreligious & International Federation of World Peace; a Chapter President for Blacks In Government (BIG) and former National 1st & 2nd Vice President; A member of Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP.org); the National President for Federally Employed Women’s Legal & Education Fund, INC.; a former Maryland PTA Chair for Diversion & Inclusion; A former representative for the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and a former board member for Amnesty International USA. Recently he was a candidate for U.S. Congress in Maryland’s 4th District.
Dr. Fogg is known for winning a 1998 landmark Federal Jury and Civil Rights verdict, finding systemic racism internally and after his retirement with the U.S. Marshals and Department of Justice. Today, he is the named Plaintiff representing ten thousand (10,000) Black U.S. Marshals in a Class Action and other government employees nationwide with complaints before the US/EEOC, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board and in Union Arbitration. For more information visit his webpage at www.BigotsWithBadges.com
He has authored many Blacks In Government (BIGNET.org) social justice National Resolutions to include supporting U.S. Congressional legislation seeking nationwide law enforcement transparency and accountability. He co-chaired the organization that helped promulgated federal legislation known as the 2002 “No-Fear Act”. He received the prestigious NAACP “Barrier Breakers” award and the BIG National Meritorious award for his social justice activism and he has been a guest law enforcement analyst for CNN, MSNBC, FOX, CCTV news and other major national and international cable and print media networks. Dr. Fogg is a member of the National Association of Black Law Enforcement Officers INC. (NABLEO)
The Workshop
Whistleblowers: Behind The Infamous Blue Wall of Silence : Friday, September 30, 2022 10:30A
This workshop will explore the challenges of racial disparities within the rank & file. Why, when, and how to speak-up on internal misconduct involving bigots with badges and/or against internal procedures that bypass appropriate policy that create extreme dilemmas for Officers who swore to protect & serve.
The course offers live examples of law enforcement whistleblowers, webpages, videos, news accounts and challenges faced by brave law officers who experienced both positive and negative fallout while calling for proper and fair internal mechanisms and include the 2019 Lewis & Clark report KKK IN THE PD: WHITE SUPREMACIST POLICE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
The course will also outline the Blacks In Government (BIG) National adopted Resolutions submitted by workshop presenter depicting U.S. Congressional legislation seeking law enforcement reform such as the ‘George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020’ introduced on June 8, 2020, in the 116th U.S. Congress (2019-2020) House of Representatives that supported law enforcement whistleblowers and was later stalled in the U.S. Senate. And more recently, sequel legislation, H.R. 6762 the SIGLE Act introduced on February 18, 2022, in the 117th U.S. Congress (2020-2022) that addresses a wide range of policies and issues regarding policing practices and law enforcement accountability.
The SIGLE Act will enhance transparency and data collection designed to eliminate discriminatory policing practices. This course will allow for open dialogue by workshop attendees who offer personal law enforcement experience and solutions. Finally, the course calls out organizations and other mechanisms in place for support of whistleblowers experiencing the lonely island of ostracization and danger in the line of friendly fire due to retribution.