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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
- ‘Doing it for a purpose’: Las Vegas first responders remember 9/11 during Strat climbon September 7, 2026 at 12:00 pm
More than 300 first responders are expected to climb 1,455 steps to the top of The Strat tower on Sept. 11 as part of the Las Vegas casino’s seventh annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb
- ‘Doing it for a purpose’: Las Vegas first responders remember 9/11 during Strat climbon September 7, 2026 at 12:00 pm
More than 300 first responders are expected to climb 1,455 steps to the top of The Strat tower on Sept. 11 as part of the Las Vegas casino’s seventh annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb
- Proposal would loosen residency requirements for Ill. city's police and fire chiefson September 7, 2026 at 11:00 am
Police and fire chiefs are currently required to live in Aurora; the proposed ordinance would allow them to live in any municipality within 15 miles of Aurora
- Proposal would loosen residency requirements for Ill. city's police and fire chiefson September 7, 2026 at 11:00 am
Police and fire chiefs are currently required to live in Aurora; the proposed ordinance would allow them to live in any municipality within 15 miles of Aurora
- Appeals court covering, N.Y., N.J., Conn. rules First Amendment applies to recording LE activity in publicon September 7, 2026 at 10:00 am
Justices wrote that being recorded on the job “may place added strain" on officers but that “the risk of this exposure is an essential incident of life in a society which places a primary value […]
- Appeals court covering, N.Y., N.J., Conn. rules First Amendment applies to recording LE activity in publicon September 7, 2026 at 10:00 am
Justices wrote that being recorded on the job “may place added strain" on officers but that “the risk of this exposure is an essential incident of life in a society which places a primary value […]
- NYPD seizes ‘enormous’ cocaine stash worth more than $10Mon September 6, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Following a search, officers and federal agents recovered 230 bricks containing white powder that later tested positive for cocaine
- NYPD seizes ‘enormous’ cocaine stash worth more than $10Mon September 6, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Following a search, officers and federal agents recovered 230 bricks containing white powder that later tested positive for cocaine
