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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
- 2 killed, 2 officers wounded in shooting at downtown Minneapolis apartment buildingon September 2, 2026 at 11:28 pm
Officers followed the sound of gunfire to a higher floor, where a haze significantly limited their visibility; two people were killed and the suspect was found dead
- 2 killed, 2 officers wounded in shooting at downtown Minneapolis apartment buildingon September 2, 2026 at 11:28 pm
Officers followed the sound of gunfire to a higher floor, where a haze significantly limited their visibility; two people were killed and the suspect was found dead
- Video: Laser forces Colo. State Patrol crew to abort landingon September 2, 2026 at 9:06 pm
The plane was inbound when the beam hit the aircraft, according to a statement from the CSP; the crew aborted the landing and circled to find the source
- Ore. man accused of murder plot targeting ICE pleads guilty to trying to make Molotov cocktailson September 2, 2026 at 8:48 pm
The suspect, who allegedly planned to behead ICE agents, faced multiple charges, but all but the two destructive-device charges were dismissed due to his guilty plea
- Suspects attack Texas deputy, attempt to take his TASER, choke him with radio cordon September 2, 2026 at 4:39 pm
The Guadalupe County deputy was responding to a report of a suspected break-in when a man and a woman attacked him
- Video: Wash. deputy uses PIT, tackles fleeing robbery suspecton September 2, 2026 at 3:55 pm
Dash camera video shows the suspect being quickly tackled by the pursuing King County deputy after attempting to flee the vehicle
- Video: Wash. deputy uses PIT, tackles fleeing robbery suspecton September 2, 2026 at 3:55 pm
Dash camera video shows the suspect being quickly tackled by the pursuing King County deputy after attempting to flee the vehicle
- Ga. officer fatally shot while sitting in cruiser, suspect dead after manhunton September 2, 2026 at 3:43 pm
The suspect in the shooting of Warm Springs Officer Chris Fisher was arrested by Fisher days before the shooting
