Vice Presidential Pool Reports of May 14, 2025

VP pool report #1: Police week breakfast begins

Good morning from the US Naval Observatory, where Vice President JD Vance is hosting a police week breakfast.

VPOTUS and SLOTUS walked out at 9:18 am and shook hands with the attendees. SLOTUS took a seat, and VPOTUS addressed the room, in which about two dozen people are seated across four tables. OVP has told your pooler it will provide a list of attendees.

Please check all quotes against the official transcript.

VP Vance noted that the Trump administration was committed to supporting police officers. He said it's "less about policy and more about moral leadership" but noted the administration was prioritizing both.

"We want to make it easier for police officers to keep their job and harder for people to sue police officers," Vance said.

Vance then told a story he said SLOTUS had told him. "A few days ago we lost an officer in Cincinnati," he said, a man had targeted Larry Henderson, a police officer "mowed down by a bloodthirsty criminal exacting revenge."

The pool was ushered out at 9:25am.

Here is an Otter link: https://otter.ai/u/47U4luK6-Gcl0dlAjHzPvIeR4G8

VP pool report #2: Breakfast guest list

As promised, passing along the guest list from this morning's police week breakfast, per OVP. That's it from me today!

Bruce Blakeman, Executive, Nassau County, NY

Josh Bronson, Chief of Staff/Senior Program Manager, National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives (NAWLEE)

Sheriff Kieran Donahue, President of the National Sheriffs' Association, Sheriff of Canyon County, Idaho

John Flynn, Vice President, National Association of Police Organizations; Police Benevolent Association of The City of New York

Lt. Joe Gamaldi, Houston Police Department and National Vice President, Fraternal Order of Police

Dan Hils, Former President, Cincinnati FOP

Beth Hutchens, Spouse of late Sgt. Mickey Hutchens

Lt. Joseph Hudon, Washington, DC MPD

Lt. Jeffrey Jarboe, Unite States Park Police

Chief Richard "Mac" Macauley, Incoming Chief, USSS Uniformed Division

Mick McHale, President of the National Association of Police Organizations

Jim Pasco, Executive Director, Fraternal Order of Police

Paul Perez, President, National Border Patrol Council

Matthew Silverman, US Marshall and President, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association

Harvinder "Harry" Singh, President and CEO, Bolla Oil Corp.

Daniel Spino, Director of Government and Legislative Affairs, National District Attorneys Association (NDAA)

Adam Stone, Retired Police Officer, Arlington, VA

Patrick Yoes, National President, Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)