Roosevelt Poplar named new Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 5 president
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia's police union is about to get a new leader.
Roosevelt Poplar is taking over for John McNesby as the union's president.
Poplar was the vice president and he has been a Philadelphia police officer for 33 years.
McNesby announced last week he's stepping down to take a job with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
McNesby has served as the FOP Lodge No. 5 president for the past 16 years after taking over in 2007. He began his career with the Philadelphia Police Department as a patrol officer in 1989 and then worked as a narcotics officer before being elected as FOP president.
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