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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
- Video: Fla. deputies call in back-up after responding to find 8-foot alligatoron September 20, 2026 at 12:00 pm
“Yeah, this is a job for a trapper,” a Manatee County deputy can be heard saying after coming face to face with the large reptile; FWC responded to capture the alligator
- Video: Fla. deputies call in back-up after responding to find 8-foot alligatoron September 20, 2026 at 12:00 pm
“Yeah, this is a job for a trapper,” a Manatee County deputy can be heard saying after coming face to face with the large reptile; FWC responded to capture the alligator
- Baltimore to establish new $17M agency for diversion of nonviolent 911 callson September 20, 2026 at 11:00 am
Baltimore’s emergency services receive 22,000 calls a year for non-violent situations like trespassing, welfare checks, public nuisance and public intoxication
- Baltimore to establish new $17M agency for diversion of nonviolent 911 callson September 20, 2026 at 11:00 am
Baltimore’s emergency services receive 22,000 calls a year for non-violent situations like trespassing, welfare checks, public nuisance and public intoxication
- Video: Man runs at Wash. deputy with replica gun before fatal OISon September 19, 2026 at 12:00 pm
A Spokane Valley deputy responded after a man was seen with an apparent handgun near a school; the deputy fired shots when the man ran up to the cruiser and pointed the replica firearm
- Video: Man runs at Wash. deputy with replica gun before fatal OISon September 19, 2026 at 12:00 pm
A Spokane Valley deputy responded after a man was seen with an apparent handgun near a school; the deputy fired shots when the man ran up to the cruiser and pointed the replica firearm
- Report: Mass. police seized nearly 200 ghost guns in 2025on September 19, 2026 at 11:00 am
State and local police seized more than 2,300 illegal “crime” guns last year, at least 8% of which were privately made firearms that cannot be traced
- Report: Mass. police seized nearly 200 ghost guns in 2025on September 19, 2026 at 11:00 am
State and local police seized more than 2,300 illegal “crime” guns last year, at least 8% of which were privately made firearms that cannot be traced
