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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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1st Contract Negotiation Session with City on April 24th.
Sitting left to right are Holly, William P Bjork, Negotiating Committee Chairman Bob Dodge, and Zack Mikluscak.
Police News
- DOJ awards $600M to boost police hiring, school safety and mental health programson September 20, 2024 at 6:34 pm
$157 million from the grant is allocated to the COPS Hiring Program, supporting the addition of 1,200 officers across 235 agencies
- Secret Service report details communication failures preceding July assassination attempt on Trumpon September 20, 2024 at 6:33 pm
Among the problems: Some local police were unaware of two communications centers on site, so officers didn’t know the Secret Service wasn’t receiving their radio transmissions
- Secret Service report details communication failures preceding July assassination attempt on Trumpon September 20, 2024 at 6:33 pm
Among the problems: Some local police were unaware of two communications centers on site, so officers didn’t know the Secret Service wasn’t receiving their radio transmissions
- Video: K-9 aids in arrest of suspected drug dealer who crashed limo, fled into woodson September 20, 2024 at 4:32 pm
After fleeing into a wooded area, the suspect was found by a K-9 officer and allegedly engaged in a physical altercation before being apprehended
- Video: K-9 aids in arrest of suspected drug dealer who crashed limo, fled into woodson September 20, 2024 at 4:32 pm
After fleeing into a wooded area, the suspect was found by a K-9 officer and allegedly engaged in a physical altercation before being apprehended
- BWC: Texas trooper finds 16 migrants behind false wall in trailer during traffic stopon September 20, 2024 at 4:18 pm
After using drills to remove a false wall, the trooper discovered 16 people "crammed inside a small compartment with no air ventilation"