Matthew Fogg - Individual Member Representative
Dr. Matthew Fogg retired as a Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal with 32 years of federal service and member of the Marshals Special Operations Group (SWAT) team. He was cross designated a Special Agent and Group Supervisor for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) supervising nationwide U.S. Marshals joint, local police task force’s that captured hundreds of Americas most dangerous and wanted fugitives, drugs, guns and assets forfeitures. He received three of the highest law enforcement awards from the District of Columbia U.S. Attorney, the Federal Bar Association, and the Marshals Service director for outstanding law enforcement above & beyond the call of duty. He was a ‘First Responder’ at Ground Zero on 9/11 in New York City and was honored by the National Aeronautics & Space Administration.
Dr. Fogg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Marshall University in West Virginia, an Honorary Doctorate and Chaplains license from Global OVED DEI Seminary & University in Florida (www.GODSU.org); a Ambassador for Peace in the Universal Peace Federation and the Interreligious & International Federation of World Peace; a Chapter President for Blacks In Government (BIG) and former National 1st & 2nd Vice President; A member of Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP.org); the National President for Federally Employed Women’s Legal & Education Fund, INC.; a former Maryland PTA Chair for Diversion & Inclusion; A former representative for the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and a former board member for Amnesty International USA. Recently he was a candidate for U.S. Congress in Maryland’s 4th District.
Known for winning a 1998 landmark Federal Jury and Civil Rights verdict, finding systemic racism internally and after his retirement with the U.S. Marshals and Department of Justice, today, he is the named Plaintiff representing ten thousand (10,000) Black U.S. Marshals in a Class Action and other government employees nationwide with complaints before the US/EEOC, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board and in Union Arbitration. For more information visit his webpage at www.BigotsWithBadges.com
The author of many Blacks In Government (BIGNET.org) social justice National Resolutions to include supporting U.S. Congressional legislation seeking nationwide law enforcement transparency and accountability, he co-chaired the organization that helped promulgate federal legislation known as the 2002 “No-Fear Act”. He is a recipient of the prestigious NAACP “Barrier Breakers” award and the BIG National Meritorious award for his social justice activism and he has been a guest law enforcement analyst for CNN, MSNBC, FOX, CCTV news and other major national and international cable and print media networks. Dr. Fogg is a member of the National Association of Black Law Enforcement Officers INC. (NABLEO)
