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Welcome to Sarasota Police Officers Association
Sarasota Police Officers Association, I.U.P.A. Local 6045, would like to welcome you to our website. The site is designed to provide a communications link between the Union and its members. It also provides information for the citizens we serve. Anything done to one, affects all of us. Call a member of the Board and let us know or send an email from your personal, not your work computer.
I.U.P.A./SPD Local 6045 is comprised of sworn law enforcement professionals dedicated to protect and serve the City of Sarasota residents and its visitors year round. Our commitment and loyalty to our community is unwavering. We are dedicated to continually providing the highest level of service with integrity and partnering with our community to maintain and enhance our quality of life. I.U.P.A. Local 6045 is proud to be a part of an agency that continually focuses on community policing and is fully accredited by the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation.
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Collective Bargaining Agreement for Ratification
FOR THE PERIOD OF 10/1/2022 - 9/30/2025
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It is very important that you keep a copy of this I.U.P.A./LDF Emergency Card on your person when you are on duty. Download the I.U.P.A./LDF Emergency Card now to keep available in the event that you ever need it. There is important information on the card, including your Reservation of Rights Statement, the toll-free 24/7 phone number, procedures recommended to protect your rights, and more. Download it now and keep it on your person whenever you are on duty, so that you are prepared if you ever require the information.
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Police News
- Unsearchable gun DNA turned into lead resulting in convictionon July 30, 2026 at 6:45 pm
The same DNA data connected firearm evidence to an armed robbery suspect, without retesting the evidence
- BWC: Conn. officers wade into waist-deep floodwaters to save stranded driveron July 30, 2026 at 4:54 pm
Video shows Fairfield Police officers rescuing the driver after their vehicle became submerged in floodwaters in an underpass
- BWC: Conn. officers wade into waist-deep floodwaters to save stranded driveron July 30, 2026 at 4:54 pm
Video shows Fairfield Police officers rescuing the driver after their vehicle became submerged in floodwaters in an underpass
- Texas police academy temporarily suspended amid state investigationon July 30, 2026 at 3:47 pm
The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement launched a probe into Fort Bend County's police academy after receiving a complaint about an ineligible cadet
- Texas police academy temporarily suspended amid state investigationon July 30, 2026 at 3:47 pm
The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement launched a probe into Fort Bend County's police academy after receiving a complaint about an ineligible cadet
- Appeals court reinstates officer fired for misidentifying suspected gang member leaving gun in restauranton July 30, 2026 at 3:45 pm
Officer Dedier Reyes did not intentionally falsify reports related to the investigation, but rather, he “truthfully reported his mistaken recollection,” the appeals court found
- BWC: Man stabs LASD deputy before fatal OISon July 30, 2026 at 3:22 pm
The man charged at the deputy swinging the knife just as the deputy was exiting his cruiser
- BWC: Man stabs LASD deputy before fatal OISon July 30, 2026 at 3:22 pm
The man charged at the deputy swinging the knife just as the deputy was exiting his cruiser
