News

Early Sunday morning, November 7, 2010, 13-year- old Jonathan Garcia-Valladares was treacherously murdered while jogging at 2700 N 26th St.  Jonathan not only lost his life, he lost his hopes, his dreams, and his future.  Because the days with our children... Read More

On Tuesday, December 14, 2010, at 10:30 a.m., PLEA (Joe Clure, Ken Crane, David Kothe, and Mark Spencer) met with City Manager David Cavazos and Assistant City Manager Ed Zuercher to discuss current labor/management issues within the Phoenix Police Department. ... Read More

On Tuesday, December 14th, 2010, CBS News 5 broke a story reference an investigation by federal authorities into whether or not the Phoenix Police Department may have inflated kidnapping numbers to obtain 1.7M dollars in federal stimulus monies.  PLEA, along... Read More

Yesterday December 21, 2010 the PSPRS Board of Trustees approved forwarding to the legislature some very disturbing changes to YOUR retirement. Not only will these changes affect new employees (people who have not been hired), the PSPRS Board of Trustees... Read More

Once again, PLEA members have stepped up at Christmastime to give back to our community.  This year an unprecedented amount of over $21,000 was given by PLEA Charities to MCSO Youth Assistance Foundation, St. Vincent DePaul, the River of Dreams,... Read More

Is the Day of Reckoning actually here in Arizona with the State’s pension systems?  The short answer is yes.  Before you click on the link to view this poignant news piece on the health of this Nation’s pension systems, notice that Arizona’s... Read More