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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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Police News
- NYPD grad joined force to honor police officer father who died on 9/11on June 28, 2026 at 12:00 pm
“Being around the Police Department as a little kid, I always looked at these guys like they were superheroes,” Casey Kloepfer said. “I always just wanted to be one one day.”
- NYPD grad joined force to honor police officer father who died on 9/11on June 28, 2026 at 12:00 pm
“Being around the Police Department as a little kid, I always looked at these guys like they were superheroes,” Casey Kloepfer said. “I always just wanted to be one one day.”
- 7-year-old honored by Texas sheriff’s office after helping save 1-year-old brother’s lifeon June 28, 2026 at 11:00 am
Patrick found his 1-year-old brother, Liam, unresponsive in the pool, pulled him out, and alerted his mother and neighbors for help, according to the Johnson County Sheriff's Office
- 7-year-old honored by Texas sheriff’s office after helping save 1-year-old brother’s lifeon June 28, 2026 at 11:00 am
Patrick found his 1-year-old brother, Liam, unresponsive in the pool, pulled him out, and alerted his mother and neighbors for help, according to the Johnson County Sheriff's Office
- Man convicted of firing more than 20 gunshots at Calif. deputies in 6-hour standoffon June 27, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Over six hours, the man fired his gun no less than 24 times; one gunshot struck a cruiser where deputies were taking cover, and one struck an armored vehicle where a deputy was seated
- Man convicted of firing more than 20 gunshots at Calif. deputies in 6-hour standoffon June 27, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Over six hours, the man fired his gun no less than 24 times; one gunshot struck a cruiser where deputies were taking cover, and one struck an armored vehicle where a deputy was seated
- St. Louis officials cut $1M from police budget for firefighter raiseson June 27, 2026 at 11:00 am
The change to the police department legal fund, plus a trim to the fire department's vehicle budget, will cover the estimated $1.4 million cost of the firefighter pay increases
- St. Louis officials cut $1M from police budget for firefighter raiseson June 27, 2026 at 11:00 am
The change to the police department legal fund, plus a trim to the fire department's vehicle budget, will cover the estimated $1.4 million cost of the firefighter pay increases
