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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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Police News
- 'We take trade-ins': Fort Worth PD's latest police recruitment video may be its beston October 1, 2022 at 3:03 pm
After scoring three viral hits with "Star Wars" productions, the agency is now taking an approach more akin to a used car dealership
- 5 officers, 5 years later: Reflections on the anniversary of the Las Vegas shootingon October 1, 2022 at 2:07 pm
“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t scared. It didn’t hinder anyone on my team’s actions. We did what we had to do.”
- Calif police: 5 homicides are 'related'on October 1, 2022 at 1:56 pm
"By definition, you could probably very well call this a serial killer, right," said Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden
- Calif. governor signs bills to seal criminal records, limit use of rap lyrics in prosecutionson October 1, 2022 at 1:41 pm
Additional bills require agencies to screen prospective officers and fire current officers for participation in hate groups and allow noncitizens to become LEOs
- Board stops football team from taking thin blue line flag onto the fieldon September 30, 2022 at 6:41 pm
Football team players are not allowed to carry the flag during games any longer due to “divisive controversy”
- Memphis officers celebrate reinstatement of 1978 pension planon September 30, 2022 at 6:35 pm
“Now more than ever, these efforts are essential in maintaining our public safety workforce, and this investment will help us do that.”
- Australian PD met with sarcasm after posting suspect’s photo on Facebookon September 30, 2022 at 6:29 pm
FB users wondered why the police needed their help to identify an easily recognizable individual donning a “beast” tattoo
