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NEWS BULLETIN
March 6, 2009 |
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Yavapai County Probation Officers Association elects new leaders
The Yavapai County Probation Officers Association recently elected new leaders for its Board of Directors.
Melanie Cianchetti Schmid was elected President,
Steve Cunning was elected Vice President, Lane Hoggett was elected Treasurer, and Renee Mashcher was elected Secretary
Joining the new Board for its meeting on March 5th was AZCOPS Chief of Staff Tim Clark; Luis Ebratt, President, Arizona Probation Officers Association; and AZCOPS Vice President John Stair. The AZCOPS Board of Directors looks forward to working with these new leaders. |
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Passage of federal bargaining bill would change the landscape for Arizona public safety unions A resolution that would allow public safety unions to bargain with their employers on pay, benefits and working conditions is pending in the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor. If passed, states like Arizona will have to enact laws within two years guaranteeing recognition of public safety employees by their employers and instituting bargaining.
"AZCOPS is preparing now for the passage of this legislation," said General Counsel Martin Bihn. "The first step is to aid in the development of the state bargaining statute so that by the time the federal law is in place, we will have our members trained and ready to bargain!"
Once again, AZCOPS is taking the lead in protecting and expanding the rights of law enforcement officers in Arizona.
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Tucson Chamber names TPOA its Member of the Month for February
Tucson Police Officers Association is honored to have been selected as the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce's "Member of the Month" for February 2009!
Allow us to tell our fellow TMCC members who we are, where we've come from and what we do in our community.
Tucson Police Officers Association was established in 1993 with just three officers who were frustrated with how the City and the department were violating the due process rights of officers during investigations, along with poor wages and benefits. As the "Founding Fathers" promoted their cause and educated the rank and file of their predicament, the membership grew from three to just under 200 in 1996. In April of 1996 the TPOA decertified the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #1 as the bargaining labor unit. Since then the TPOA has grown to more than 900 active members of police officers, detectives, sergeants and marshals.
The No. 1 priority of the TPOA is to provide the best legal plan along with the best representation for our membership. We believe that police officers have the same Constitutional rights and due process as other citizens of the United States and will fight scrupulously to protect those rights.
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