Steve Young (police officer) explained

Steve Young
Birth Name:	Kermit Steven Young
Birth Date:	6 January 1953
Birth Place:	Upper Sandusky, Ohio, U.S.
Death Place:	Ohio, U.S.
Department:	Marion, Ohio

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

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.

Career

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, when he received 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.^[2]

Death

Young died of cancer on January 9, 2003, at the age of 50.^[3]

External links

• US Dept of Labor Hall of Honor Inductee, Steve Young
• Steve Young - 2003 FOP Co-Member of the Year
• Steve Young Memorial Lodge #24
• President George W. Bush's Statement on Steve Young
• Statement from FBI Director Robert S. Mueller on the Death of Steve Young, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police
• STATEMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REGARDING STEVE YOUNG, NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
• STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT REGARDING INDUCTION OF FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE PAST PRESIDENT STEVE YOUNG INTO LABOR HALL OF FAME
• Steve Young Memorial Scholarship Program

Notes and References

1. Web site: U.S. Department of Labor - Labor Hall of Fame - Steve Young. 17 December 2007. 25 October 2016. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20071217075321/http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/laborhall/2003_young.htm. 17 December 2007.
2. Web site: Hall of Honor Inductee: Steve Young. 9 December 2015. 25 October 2016.
3. Web site: 2003 FOP Co-Member of the Year - Steve Young . 2010-01-10 . 2011-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726130336/http://www.grandlodgefop.org/programs/memberofyear/young.shtml . dead .