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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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Police News
- 'If you see a drone, call 911': Unauthorized drones hindering Wash. wildfire response, FBI stateson August 6, 2026 at 8:09 pm
FBI officials stated the agency is using UAS countermeasures to bring drones down after firefighting aircrafts were grounded
- 'If you see a drone, call 911': Unauthorized drones hindering Wash. wildfire response, FBI stateson August 6, 2026 at 8:09 pm
FBI officials stated the agency is using UAS countermeasures to bring drones down after firefighting aircrafts were grounded
- Mo. police board proposes bonuses for officers who bring in lateral recruitson August 6, 2026 at 4:27 pm
The measure would allow city cops to receive $1,000 for making one referral, an additional $1,500 for a second and another $2,000 for a third
- BWC: Calif. officer dives for cover in cruiser, fires shots through windshield after suspect opens fireon August 6, 2026 at 3:26 pm
The Vallejo officer had just gotten out of his cruiser and began verbal instructions before the robbery suspect produced a gun and opened fire
- BWC: Calif. officer dives for cover in cruiser, fires shots through windshield after suspect opens fireon August 6, 2026 at 3:26 pm
The Vallejo officer had just gotten out of his cruiser and began verbal instructions before the robbery suspect produced a gun and opened fire
- N.Y. man faces more than 70 weapons charges after NYPD finds ghost gun stashon August 6, 2026 at 3:25 pm
The defendant has been charged with multiple counts of criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of an assault weapon and criminal possession of a firearm
- Sheriff: Las Vegas officer killed by suspect was ambushed as he got out of his cruiseron August 6, 2026 at 2:24 pm
LVMPD Officer Austin Abdelnabi was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for over two years
- Sheriff: Las Vegas officer killed by suspect was ambushed as he got out of his cruiseron August 6, 2026 at 2:24 pm
LVMPD Officer Austin Abdelnabi was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for over two years
