Joe Gamaldi
Houston Police Officers’ Union FOP Lodge 110 President
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5430 Westheimer Rd. Houston, TX 77056
Joe Gamaldi
Houston Police Officers’ Union FOP Lodge 110 President
Houston Police Officers’ Union, FOP Lodge 110 President Joe Gamaldi was born and raised on Long Island, NY. Following high school he attended the University of Hartford, where he earned a degree in Criminal Justice, with minors in Political Science and Sociology. After graduation, Officer Gamaldi was hired by the NYPD in 2005 where he worked as an officer for approx. 3 years. He then transferred to the Houston Police Department in 2008 and graduated from Class #197.
Shortly after graduation from the academy, he completed his Masters Degree from Long Island University in Homeland Security Management. Officer Gamaldi then went on to serve as a Board Members of the HPOU, before being elected the Second Vice President from 2012-2017 and was elected President of the Houston Police Officer’s Union in January 2018. Officer Gamaldi is the chair of the Labor Relations Committee, the Ways and Means committee, has served on the bargaining team for several contract negotiations, and served as lead negotiator for the most recent negotiations. He also coordinates the Safe Ride Home program, founded the Houston Officers Peer Assistance (HOPA) a stand alone non-profit dedicated to providing per assistance to police officers, assisted in the creation of the HPOU mobile app and runs all the social media platforms for the HPOU.