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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
- Calif. city announces steps toward re-establishing closed police departmenton August 19, 2026 at 9:19 pm
The City of Willows unveiled several administrative steps it planned to take toward reopening its police department after dropping a lawsuit against the Glenn County Sheriff's Office
- D.A. lowers charges to misdemeanors for LAPD officer accused of taping colleagues' racist remarkson August 19, 2026 at 8:45 pm
Los Angeles Police Officer Daniel Flores was charged in July with 16 felonies for violating California's eavesdropping law and faced up to 13 years in prison
- Video shows officers fall as a second-story deck collapses while they try to make an arreston August 19, 2026 at 7:43 pm
Some U.S. Marshals task force officers were treated for broken bones after the steep fall
- Video shows officers fall as a second-story deck collapses while they try to make an arreston August 19, 2026 at 7:43 pm
Some U.S. Marshals task force officers were treated for broken bones after the steep fall
- BWC: Atlanta officers rescue kidnapped children from traileron August 19, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Officers used a cinder block and bolt cutters to access the trailer after hearing a child's cry
- Dashcam: PIT of 130 mph fleeing suspect causes bystander vehicle rolloveron August 19, 2026 at 3:48 pm
An Arkansas trooper performed a PIT maneuver on a suspect fleeing at 130 mph, causing the suspect vehicle to crash into a bystander vehicle and severely injure its two occupants
- Dashcam: PIT of 130 mph fleeing suspect causes bystander vehicle rolloveron August 19, 2026 at 3:48 pm
An Arkansas trooper performed a PIT maneuver on a suspect fleeing at 130 mph, causing the suspect vehicle to crash into a bystander vehicle and severely injure its two occupants
- 'Dumbest sh** I ever did in my life': Video shows fleeing driver flip car during Okla. pursuiton August 19, 2026 at 3:42 pm
The driver, who had three outstanding warrants, was arrested after he fled Oklahoma City Police and almost immediately crashed and flipped his car
