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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
- ‘Will you give me a ride?’: BWC shows Calif. officers hitch a ride in bystander's truck, nab fleeing suspecton November 5, 2026 at 4:27 pm
A construction worker on his way to fix a roof gave Corona Police Department officers a ride after they pursued a man who police said recorded a teenage girl in a Ross fitting room
- ‘Will you give me a ride?’: BWC shows Calif. officers hitch a ride in bystander's truck, nab fleeing suspecton November 5, 2026 at 4:27 pm
A construction worker on his way to fix a roof gave Corona Police Department officers a ride after they pursued a man who police said recorded a teenage girl in a Ross fitting room
- Robert Luna is first L.A. County sheriff in over a decade to win 2nd termon November 5, 2026 at 2:25 pm
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department leader said he's got some priorities for his second term, including making progress on deputy gangs and the future of Men’s Central Jail
- Wash. deputy dies, second not expected to survive after shootout with suspecton November 5, 2026 at 2:09 pm
One Spokane County deputy died and the other remained on life support so his organs can be donated; both were struck by gunfire while trying to breach the door of a home
- Wash. deputy dies, second not expected to survive after shootout with suspecton November 5, 2026 at 2:09 pm
One Spokane County deputy died and the other remained on life support so his organs can be donated; both were struck by gunfire while trying to breach the door of a home
- BWC shows Fla. deputies responding within 1 minute to deadly Citibank shootingon November 5, 2026 at 1:55 pm
An armed security guard fatally shot the suspect after he drove into a crowded Tampa courtyard and killed a woman; four others were hospitalized
- BWC shows Fla. deputies responding within 1 minute to deadly Citibank shootingon November 5, 2026 at 1:55 pm
An armed security guard fatally shot the suspect after he drove into a crowded Tampa courtyard and killed a woman; four others were hospitalized
- Police leaders to gather in Berlin for international Kristallnacht commemorationon November 4, 2026 at 11:36 pm
The November 5 event will bring law enforcement leaders and Jewish community representatives together to reaffirm their commitment to confronting antisemitism, extremism and hatred
