Patrolmen's Dispatch | National Police FCU

Designed to educate and empower

Patrolmen’s Dispatch was designed to help educate and empower First Responder families. National Police Federal Credit Union and Police Mortgage, LLC, wholly owned subsidiary of the Credit Union, have faithfully followed their mission to serve the financial needs of First Responders and their families for over eight decades.

The Credit Union prides itself on providing a full range of personalized products and services tailored specifically for First Responder families, as well as a full-service Financial Planning and Education Center created to provide free and confidential financial planning, credit counseling and customized educational seminars, which we bring right to your Department, Lodge or Association.

Bring Home to Work?

The discussion around work/life balance has been around for a long time, but it seems to have intensified dramatically in recent years, especially since working from home became a more prominent option.

Who's With Me?It’s the spring of 1977 and I’m feeling good. I am about to complete the fourth grade, and, by all accounts, things are going pretty well.

Are You Scared of the Best Part?

I am an optimistic person by nature, and I think that my optimism is generally rooted in reality. By that, I mean that I am not the type of stereotypical optimist that has his head in the clouds disassociated from the real world.

Input and Output

If you perform data entry, you are certainly familiar with the concept of input and output. You enter data into a system and eventually that data is organized so as to produce a report. The data is the input, and the report is the output. Simple.

How are Banks and Credit Unions Insured?

Many people wonder, “How are banks and credit unions insured and to what degree is my money protected should my financial institution fail?”

Make a Long-Term Investment

An investment decision encompasses much more than taking a stock position, but that is a good place to start.

Balance Part I

In this space, I write about key components of sound decision making, often thinking about how I would tackle what is perhaps THE most important component of all, balance.

Balance Part II

One of the things that stands out to me when considering balance is how deeply personal the definition and application of it is.

Balance Part III

Let’s pick up where we left off regarding the role of competition and its effect on your balance.