The National Association of Police Organizations endorsed Barack Obama today. On a conference call with reporters, NAPO president Tom Nee pledged the support of more than 287,000 police officers and 2,000 police organizations from around the country.

Joining Nee on the call was vice presidential nominee Joe Biden, who guaranteed Nee that an Obama administration would seek NAPO's input on any crime bills and promised to increase federal support. "We are going to re-establish the Crime Bill," Biden said. "We are going to put another 50,000 cops on the street. We are going to provide the kind of technological help you guys need."

NAPO endorsed the FISA bill that passed through Congress in July. Obama also supported the bill after opposing an earlier version of it. The move upset many of Obama's progressive supporters, though likely helped win the support of groups like NAPO.