An Emerald Society is an

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fraternal organization whose members come from law enforcement, fire service, and non-uniform civil service agencies. Each Emerald Society is separate and distinct from the other. Currently, there are two umbrella Emerald organizations: the Grand Council of United Emerald Societies (GCUES), reorganized in 1975 after the merger of the National Grand Council of Irish Emerald Societies and Grand Council of Emerald Societies, and the National Conference of Law Enforcement Emerald Societies (NCLEES), founded in 1995. The NYPD Emerald Society was founded in 1953, NYCD Emerald Society in 1955, and FDNY Emerald Society in 1956. The GCUES has affiliates in New York City, New York Counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, Ulster, New Jersey, California (Los Angeles County), Massachusetts (Boston), and Washington, District of Columbia. The Emerald movement has grown dramatically since the 1950s, and the GCUES, in particular, has engineered many of those organizations.
Grand Council of United Emerald SocietiesNational Conference of Law Enforcement Emerald Societies

NYPD Emerald Society

NYCD Emerald SocietyFDNY Emerald SocietyPAPD Emerald SocietyDSNY Emerald SocietyNYCTA Emerald SocietyNYC DOE Emerald SocietyNYSCTS Emerald SocietyPolice Emerald Society of Hudson Valley, New YorkPolice Emerald Society of Nassau County, New YorkPolice Emerald Society of Westchester County, New YorkPolice Emerald Society of Washington DCPolice Emerald Society of BaltimoreBoston Police Emerald SocietyEmerald Society the Federal Law Enforcement Agencies

Essex County Police and Fire Emerald SocietyPhiladelphia Police and Fire Emerald SocietyLos Angeles Police Emerald Society

Los Angeles County Fire Emerald SocietyEmerald Society of WisconsinEmerald Society of Illinois

Emerald Society of Minnesota Emerald Society of the Federal Law Enforcement AgenciesGreater Cincinnati Emerald SocietySan Francisco Bay Area Law Enforcement Emerald SocietySan Jose Police Emerald Society

References

{{reflist Ethnic fraternal orders in the United States Irish-American culture Law enforcement non-governmental organizations in the United States Clubs and societies in the United States