The states 8,000-member Fraternal Order of Police was expected today to pass a resolution lambasting Republican gubernatorial candidate Peppy Martin for her disparaging remarks about law enforcement authorities. The group is in Bowling Green this weekend for its annual convention. Martin, during a televised debate earlier this week, said she has heard that as many as 80 percent of the states sheriffs and 30 percent of Kentucky State Police troopers were involved in bootlegging drugs. Martin could not be reached for comment, but her campaign manager, J.T. Litafik, said the comments have been blown out of proportion and that they werent directed toward decent law enforcement officers. Following the debate, Martins campaign quickly tried to diffuse the comments, saying she was only quoting street talk she had heard while campaigning and that the comments werent directed at the majority of law enforcement officers. That explanation hasnt satisfied police. We are outraged, said Robbie Simpson, Bowling Green-Warren County FOP president. For those of us who have taken the oath of office to uphold the law, and then to say we are dope dealers … is a slap in the face. State FOP President Martin Scott of Bowling Green agreed. I think they were the most outlandish statements Ive heard, Scott said. Simpson said most of the comments hes heard in response from law enforcement officers would not be printable. The state FOPs executive committee already has passed a resolution condemning Martin for her statements and Scott said it should unanimously pass the floor during a vote today. The resolution calls for Martin to immediately support her statements and present any evidence she may have to a grand jury. If she cant do that, she should apologize individually to all 120 sheriffs, each state police post commander and the state police commissioner, the resolution says. The resolution also urges each FOP member and organizations that may have endorsed Martin to immediately and publicly withdraw their endorsement. Im beginning to think that where there is smoke, there is fire, Litafik said in response. If they are so concerned … they ought to take a hard look around. Corruption in law enforcement is not new. He pointed to the Hazard County case in which two sheriffs deputies were arrested Thursday in connection with intimidating a witness and the September arrest of a Perry County deputy sheriff on drug-trafficking charges. State Sen. Brett Guthrie, R-Bowling Green, attended the FOP conventions opening session today at Bowling Green-Warren County Convention Center. We dont stand behind (Martins) comments, Guthrie said of his party. Republican senators met Thursday in Frankfort and decided they would meet with their counties state police post commanders to let them know they dont support Martins comments. Police put their lives on the line every day, and they dont need to hear comments like that, Guthrie said.