International Law Enforcement Officers' Square Club

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The International Law Enforcement Officers' Square Club (ILEOSC) is an American-based international organization set up to support Freemasons around the world, who are also charged to maintain domestic peace. They have periodic meetings via the internet, a membership roster — wherein addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses are available to other members — and provide a network for law officers to communicate and trade information relative to Freemasonry and their profession.

The ILEOSC came about one day when Sheriff's Sergeant and Brother Ron Evans (also known as Pathfinder) of the Hendry County, Florida Sheriff's Office, ran into Officer and Worshipful Brother Mark G. Dibelka of the Rochester, New York Police Department, in the "East Gate" chat forum at the Global Fraternal Network. Evans thought it would be a good idea to set up a group of lawmen who were also members of the Global Fraternal Network (by definition, therefore, Master Masons), in a manner which would bring about fellowship within the fraternity, as well as promote the transfer of professional information, and criminal intelligence between men who would normally have not met. W. Dibelka felt that a webpage would be an appropriate way to centralize information, and being familiar with square clubs, felt that rather than have a disorganized group of people, they would pull together as a club. The ILEOSC now maintains a webpage and email address (complete with mailing list of members).

Membership is no longer open at all, as the password for the website has been lost and both brothers Dibelka and Evans have lost contact with each other. If the webpage (on an old anglefire server) still exists, it is simply an oversight of systems administrators. The need for such an organization still exists, however the personal pressures placed on these two brothers became too great for them to carry on the torch in this situation.