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The Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge #3 has long been an advocate for reform within the Baltimore Police Department (BPD). In 2012, the FOP published a comprehensive report, the Blueprint for Improved Policing. The report called for many of the same reforms being publicly discussed now, such as increased and improved supervisor training, the end of stat-based policing, improved quality of background checks for applicants, support for officers living in the city, and the need for redistricting. In 2018, the FOP became the first police union in the state to approve civilians on officer trial boards.