Endorsements
PLEA's Endorsements
Like police labor organizations around the nation, PLEA is a politically active organization. As the largest police organization in the state, political candidates will often seek PLEA's endorsement when running for office. PLEA does not give endorsements lightly. Many factors are considered before endorsing a candidate. At a minimum candidates must meet with and be vetted by PLEA's legislative liaison. In many instances candidates will meet with and be vetted by the PLEA Board. Party affiliations are not the most important factor. PLEA looks to see which candidates have worked well with police labor in the past as well as which candidates are in touch with issues important to the organization and show promise for having positive working relationships in the future.
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Why JD?
JD Hayworth is aware of work-related issues in law enforcement on a national basis and is supportive of legislation that will address the challenges in this arena. Like PLEA, JD believes that labor strikes by law enforcement are unacceptable and put the public at risk. The solutions that police labor can offer to make our towns, states, and nation safer are of great value to Mr. Hayworth. He believes that legislation that facilitates dialogue and solutions between police labor and police management is sound public policy. He’s seen it work here in Phoenix and would like to see it work across the nation for police associations who don’t have the advantage of working under a meet and confer agreement.
In 2001, the current PLEA Vice Grievance Chair Jerry Gannon was appointed as the liaison on the 800 MHz committee with the City of Phoenix by then President Jake Jacobsen. Securing the radio frequencies was enacted 14 years prior to PPD even considering moving to 800 MHz. Frequencies were secured by the independent FCC and frequencies were sold to large communication vendors.