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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
- La. police chief becomes last of 5 defendants to plead guilty in immigration fraud schemeon July 1, 2026 at 3:53 pm
In the case, a businessman allegedly paid three Louisiana police chiefs and a police marshal to create false violent crime reports naming immigrants as victims
- BWC: Okla. K-9 dragged by suspect fleeing in truckon July 1, 2026 at 3:37 pm
Oklahoma City Police K-9 Dash grabbed onto a fleeing suspect's leg; the suspect then began to drive away, dragging the K-9 "a significant distance down the road"
- BWC: Okla. K-9 dragged by suspect fleeing in truckon July 1, 2026 at 3:37 pm
Oklahoma City Police K-9 Dash grabbed onto a fleeing suspect's leg; the suspect then began to drive away, dragging the K-9 "a significant distance down the road"
- Man arrested after impersonating law enforcement, bringing flamethrower, crossbows to N.C. churchon July 1, 2026 at 3:31 pm
The suspect has been charged with possessing a weapon of mass destruction, impersonating a law enforcement officer and possession of a controlled substance
- SCOTUS to hear challenge to Conn. firearm restrictionson July 1, 2026 at 2:50 pm
A lower court previously ruled that Connecticut's gun laws imposed "reasonable restrictions on unusually dangerous weapons" that were "uniquely designed to create mayhem"
- Prosecutors won't file charges against 2 drivers in collisions that killed Wash. trooperon July 1, 2026 at 2:04 pm
Pierce County prosecutors stated they could not definitively prove that the first driver acted with negligence or that the second driver knew they struck Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting
- Prosecutors won't file charges against 2 drivers in collisions that killed Wash. trooperon July 1, 2026 at 2:04 pm
Pierce County prosecutors stated they could not definitively prove that the first driver acted with negligence or that the second driver knew they struck Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting
- Videos show crowd throwing glass, trash at Boston cop as street takeover suspect fleeson June 30, 2026 at 9:52 pm
As the officer physically struggled with a suspect, "multiple members of the group congregating began throwing various items at [the officer] including alcoholic beverages”
