HJR192 Summary

• Commends John McDonald for being named Officer of the Year by the Alabama State Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)

• Recognizes McDonald's 30-year law enforcement career beginning with the City of Bay Minette in 1971, followed by service as a Fairhope Police dispatcher and patrol officer starting in 1976, and as a Baldwin County Sheriff's Deputy from 1985 to 1995

• Acknowledges McDonald's 35 years as a founder and member of Fairhope FOP Lodge 43, where he has held every office multiple times and served 12 years as trustee and on the legislative committee

• Notes Lodge 43's growth from 41 members in the mid-1980s to approximately 300 active members and 200 associate members in 2013, making it one of the top ten FOP Lodges in Alabama, with a debt-free facility used for law enforcement training

• Recognizes McDonald's community involvement including service as a Deacon at Fairhope Avenue Baptist Church for more than two decades