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.

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 promulgate federal legislation known as the 2002 “No-Fear Act”. He is a recipient of 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

Whistleblower: Behind The Federal Blue Wall of Silence : Friday, September 26, 2025 09:00A

This workshop will explore the challenges of racial disparities within the Federal rank and file of the U.S. Marshals Service and Department of Justice, including why, when, and how to speak up on internal misconduct against all odds.

The course will be part two of a previous annual NABLEO workshop on this issue. It will include examples of brave law enforcement whistleblower webpages, videos, and news accounts, as well as the challenges that present positive and negative fallout while calling for enforcing equitable racial internal mechanisms.

The course will briefly outline an American Top Cop’s racial journey to justice within the nation's leading federal law enforcement organization from 1985 to the present day. It will inform participants of the latest actions taken by his Class Agent colleagues at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, directed by the class attorney representatives who formed an illegal pact with the previous Presidential Administration. The Class Attorneys would reap millions while distributing potentially ten thousand Class members minuscule amounts of money or literally nothing at all by concluding the 30-year matter with an inherently bad settlement.

The workshop presenter will also discuss his latest action regarding the Class matter filed in DC Federal Court [Matthew Fogg, et al. v. U.S. Attorney General], currently pending a Federal Judge’s decision. This faces strong opposition from the Class Attorneys, who are motioning the EEOC Administrative Judge to circumvent federal court statutes by removing the 1994 named Class Complainant and illegally retaining the matter at the EEOC.