2027 dues have not increased, despite an increase in State and National Lodge assessments. Active and Retired LEO's dues are $51 and Associate Member dues are $25.

The Lodge does not accept debit or credit card payments. You can pay your dues by check or cash at a Meeting, by mailing a check to the Lodge, or by using Zelle (an electronic payment system) that has no fees to you.

Unlike some other payment forms, Zelle does not charge you any fee or transaction charge. No credit card fee, no envelope to buy or hunt for to mail a check, no stamp to hunt up or buy (first class postage has gone up again — $.82!). Zelle payments are electronic payments from your bank account directly into the Lodge's bank account and are completed almost instantly; the transaction will appear in your online bank account as soon as it is completed so you KNOW when your payment was received by the Lodge. And the Lodge receives confirmation of your payment both by email and on our bank statement. The Lodge has seen a number of issues with mail delivery this year, including lost mail, incorrectly directed mail, and very delayed mail. You can avoid all of that with Zelle.

And honestly, the Lodge has over 600 members, and it is a huge job to process and keep track of all those checks. You can help to make the Treasurer's job so much easier by using Zelle. It would be really appreciated!

The Lodge Zelle address is scfop12treasurer@aol.com

The Lodge mailing address is:
SC FOP Lodge 12
P.O. Box 30864
Myrtle Beach, SC 29588-0864

If you are currently paying your dues with Bank Draft, that will automatically continue until you cancel the bank draft payments. Your bank draft includes a small transaction fee by your bank. You can save the transaction fees by paying using another payment type.

The Legal Defense Plan cost has increased to $396 for 2027. The total annual cost for Legal Defense and dues for 2027 is $447. If you use monthly bank draft for your Legal Defense plus dues, your monthly bank draft will increase to $37.53 beginning with the September draft, which occurs shortly before the Monthly Meeting.

Dues payments made by check, cash or Zelle are accepted from August 1st – October 31st, 2026.

Printing and mailing costs for a simple post card to every Member is now about $700! The Lodge is phasing out unnecessary mail in favor of using our blast emails and the Lodge Members' Only Facebook page to get important information to our Members at lower cost and more quickly. If you are not already a Member of the Lodge's Members Only Facebook page, take a minute to send a request to be added. The page is Coastal Carolina FOP Lodge 12.

We are also updating the Lodge website and pages. That is a work in progress and announcements about the completed updates will be announced as they are available. Website: scfop12.com