PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police announced a new president on Friday.
Roosevelt Poplar will succeed John McNesby as president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5.
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Poplar has served as longtime vice president and is the union's first Black president in several decades.
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McNesby is moving on to become the director of local public safety outreach at the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.