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The following article is reprinted with permission from the author. To understand police unions, one must first understand what it is like to be a police officer in today’s environment. Most of the time, officers are handling routine calls or are... Read More

Recently Fox 10 news anchor Troy Hayden, along with community activist Reverend Jarrett Maupin, attended a training session hosted by the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office. Both were put through basic police use of force training scenarios of the type that... Read More

On Monday December 29, 2014 the National Association of Police Associations (NAPO), of which PLEA is a member group, sent a strong letter to the President and the Attorney General demanding they speak out in opposition to protests nationwide that... Read More

Chief Garcia preaches the concept of Nobility yet does not seem to practice it. Instead he dishonors the rank and file with baseless actions of retaliation and condemnation. Police officers are human and make mistakes. If there is a rule... Read More

The National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) of which PLEA is a member recently published a document titled the Myths of Ferguson in order to debunk much of the misinformation that has been circulated in the media and on social... Read More

Many officers have contacted PLEA seeking information on the issue of unpaid holiday hours.  As a reminder, under the current imposed contract conditions, Unit 4 members are required to take 12 hours of unpaid holiday leave during the FY 2014-2015... Read More