Each month, about a week before the monthly FOP meeting, the Crescent City Lodge sends its monthly newsletter to members via email. Starting in May 2020, the Crescent City Lodge will begin a random draw giveaway that will work like this:

In May, the Crescent City Lodge will randomly choose one email address from the email list used to distribute the monthly newsletter. If the person with the selected email address replies to the newsletter email from the selected email address, that member will win $50 cash.

If nobody responds from the selected email address by the time the Crescent City Lodge sends out the June newsletter email, then a new email address will be chosen and published in the monthly newsletter and that person will become the potential winner of $100. Likewise, if the email address selected for the June newsletter email does not respond from the selected email address by the time the July newsletter is sent out, then a new email address will be selected and that person could win $150. Once the pot is claimed, it will go back to $50.

The important thing is to make sure the FOP Crescent City Lodge #2 has your correct email address. If the Crescent City Lodge does not have your correct email address, then there will be no way your email address can be selected.

If you are not regularly receiving the Crescent City Lodge’s monthly newsletter by email, that means we do not have an accurate email address for you.

If you receive the Crescent City Lodge’s monthly newsletter at your @nola.gov email address, please send the Crescent City Lodge your personal email address. There are inherent problems with using your @nola.gov email address for anything that is not work-related. As I have mentioned numerous times, you have no expectation of privacy with regard to anything in your @nola.gov email inbox (or outbox). The City and Department have specifically told you there is no right to privacy with your @nola.gov email address. In addition, there is a policy that states that you are only allowed to use your @nola.gov email address for work-related communication. As the attorney for a lot of NOPD officers, I am advising you that it is unwise to use your @nola.gov email address for anything other than work-related communication. If the NOPD wanted to forward all of the emails in your @nola.gov email address to the FBI, they would be well within their rights to do so. You can get a free email address from any number of places. Google’s Gmail is available for free. Microsoft has @outlook.com email addresses that are available for free. You can get @yahoo.com email addresses for free. ProtonMail is available for free and has end-to-end encryption. The bottom line is if you are using your @nola.gov email address for all of your email communication, you are putting yourself at risk unnecessarily when there are cost-free alternatives available.

If you need to update your email address with the Crescent City Lodge, you can email Jim Gallagher at jim6411 at fopno.info. You can send me updated email addresses also and I will send it where it needs to go. You can also update your address, phone number, beneficiary, or other personal information using the same method.

You could be missing out if the Crescent City Lodge does not have your correct email address. Beginning in May, all you have to do is open the monthly newsletter email and check the selected email address. If the selected email address belongs to you, all you have to do is reply to the monthly newsletter email address and you could win between $50 and $600. If you have legal questions about privacy and email, feel free to give me a call. If you have any questions about the email address giveaway, you are welcome to call me or Jim Gallagher.

Please note: The FOP Crescent City Lodge cannot be held responsible if you do not receive the monthly newsletter email for some reason. You may want to consider whitelisting jim6411 at fopno.info if your email provider supports the maintenance of a whitelist. If you are not receiving the monthly newsletter email about 5 days before the scheduled meeting date, contact us and we can try to fix the problem.

Don’t miss out! Update your email address today! Good luck! Proud to be FOP!