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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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1st Contract Negotiation Session with City on April 24th.
Sitting left to right are Holly, William P Bjork, Negotiating Committee Chairman Bob Dodge, and Zack Mikluscak.
Police News
- Video: Mich. officer rescues kayaker who fell into riveron May 24, 2025 at 12:00 pm
The rescued woman said she, her daughter, and her niece were kayaking for the first time when her kayak capsized after getting caught on a downed tree in the river
- Video: Mich. officer rescues kayaker who fell into riveron May 24, 2025 at 12:00 pm
The rescued woman said she, her daughter, and her niece were kayaking for the first time when her kayak capsized after getting caught on a downed tree in the river
- Calif. man pleads guilty to Ponzi scheme after attempting underwater evasionon May 24, 2025 at 11:00 am
The man allegedly made false statements under the guise of two investment companies; he gained $35 million from investors but paid them only $8.8 million
- Calif. man pleads guilty to Ponzi scheme after attempting underwater evasionon May 24, 2025 at 11:00 am
The man allegedly made false statements under the guise of two investment companies; he gained $35 million from investors but paid them only $8.8 million
- NYPD ‘Italian Sherlock Holmes’ detective to get gravestone century after deathon May 24, 2025 at 10:00 am
Detective Joseph Pucciano, a heralded gang-buster and member of the NYPD’s famed Italian Squad in the 1920s, died July 13, 1928, of pulmonary tuberculosis
- NYPD ‘Italian Sherlock Holmes’ detective to get gravestone century after deathon May 24, 2025 at 10:00 am
Detective Joseph Pucciano, a heralded gang-buster and member of the NYPD’s famed Italian Squad in the 1920s, died July 13, 1928, of pulmonary tuberculosis
