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Since PLEA represents Unit 4 employees of the Phoenix Police Department, which make up the majority of all Department employees when compared to civilians and management, it has always been past practice for the City to include PLEA in the... Read More

On November 26, 2011, Officer Anthony Daley #9190, was shot and seriously wounded while on-duty.  Although Officer Daley was wearing a ballistic vest, a .40 caliber round penetrated the full thickness of the Kevlar material approximately 3/8 of an inch... Read More

Recently, the membership was asked to vote on proposed changes to the PLEA bylaws.  Just under 200 PLEA members voted.  The proposed changes to Article II Sections 1-4 were passed 146-45. The addition of section 8 to Article II passed... Read More

Today, the City and PLEA jointly filed impasse with the Phoenix Employment Relations Board.  With the exception of last year, PLEA and the City have declared impasse almost every contract year.  Over the next two weeks, a federal mediator will... Read More

Concerns of Police Survivors, (C.O.P.S.) Inc. provides resources to assist in the rebuilding of the lives of surviving families and affected co-workers of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty as determined by Federal criteria. Furthermore, C.O.P.S. provides... Read More

In 2009, PLEA and others on the department sounded the alarm regarding questionable kidnapping statistics after the department had repeatedly reported that there were 358 kidnappings in the City of Phoenix in 2008.  That number was subsequently used to secure... Read More