Steve Young (police officer)

Steve Young (January 6, 1953 – January 9, 2003) was national president of the Fraternal Order of Police in 2001.[1]

Steve Young
Born
Kermit Steven Young

(1953-01-06)January 6, 1953
Upper Sandusky, Ohio
DiedJanuary 9, 2003(2003-01-09) (aged 50)
Ohio
Police career
DepartmentMarion, Ohio

Early life

Born Kermit Steven Young on January 26, 1953 in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. He was a Lieutenant with the Marion Police Department in Marion, Ohio.

Death

Young died of cancer on January 9, 2003, at the young age of 50.[2]

Young started both his FOP and police careers in 1976 with the Marion Police Department. He served as the state FOP president from 1988 to 1999 and was elected national president in 2001, receiving unanimous support after he ran unopposed.

Young also served on state and national committees including President George W. Bush's Homeland Security Committee, to which he was appointed in 2002.

He was inducted into the Department of Labor Hall of Honor in 2003.[3]

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References
  1. "U.S. Department of Labor - Labor Hall of Fame - Steve Young". 17 December 2007. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  2. http://www.grandlodgefop.org/programs/memberofyear/young.shtml
  3. "Hall of Honor Inductee: Steve Young". 9 December 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2016.


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