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NAPO Victory! National Blue Alert Act Passes House!
Dear NAPO Members, On Tuesday, May 15th The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the National Blue Alert Act of 2012 (H.R. 365). The vote was supported by 394 Representatives and opposed by 1 member. NAPO has been working hard to secure passage on this legislation and we will continue our efforts by working with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office to...
MPA Attends 12th Annual Harvard Police Leadership Seminar
MPA w/ Former LAPD Chief Bill Bratton MPA President, Ryan Russell, and Vice President, Rick Perine, attending the 12th Annual Harvard Police Union Leadership Seminar, co-hosted by American Police Beat & Harvard Labor and Worklife Program ****** Police association leaders from around the nation came to the Harvard Law School in April to attend the 12th...
MPA Comments on J.T. Ready & Neo-Nazi Gang
READ ABC 15′S REPORT – J.T. READY WAS DOCUMENTED GANG MEMBER VIEW ABC 15′S VIDEO – J.T. READY WAS DOCUMENTED GANG MEMBER READ FOX 10′S REPORT – J.T. READY’S PAST FORESHADOWED VIOLENCE Read More →
MPA Supports Officer Involved in Shooting – May 1, 2012
READ EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE’S COVERAGE & MPA’S QUOTE READ KPHO CBS 5 COVERAGE & MPA’S QUOTE READ ABC 15′S COVERAGE & MPA’S QUOTE Read More →
NAPO’s May 2012 Legislative Information
Click the PDF links to find NAPO’s MAY 2012 Washington Report and 112th Legislative Positions as of MAY.3.2012. Included in this issue of the Washington Report: NAPO Victory: Treasury Issues Changes to IRS Normal Retirement Age Recent Legislative Victories: Amendments to Violence Against Women Act NAPO Salutes the 2012 TOP COPS Awards® Recipients Congress...
April 23rd Council Meeting
Thank you to everyone who came out for the April 23rd, 2012 council meeting. View the council meeting here: CLICK HERE FOR THE MESA CH 11 LINK MUST HAVE SILVERLIGHT MEDIA IN ORDER TO VIEW EMBEDDED VIDEO BELOW: Read More →
April/May President’s Message
Ryan Russell, President of MPA Dear MPA members and supporters, Our US Constitution is the foundation for our great country. It has been modified often with cooperation and compromise. This document as a common sense operational structure put together by many minds. I think of the statesmen agreement similar to how our first Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was formed...
Mesa Officers Allowed to March in Parade with Uniforms
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE FOX 10 COVERAGE Mesa Police Allowed to March in Pride Parade Wearing Uniforms: MyFoxPHOENIX.com READ AZCENTRAL.COM’S COVERAGE HERE – APRIL 18, 2012 READ AZCENTRAL.COM’S COVEAGE HERE – APRIL 21, 2012 READ AZCENTRAL.COM’S COVERAGE HERE – APRIL 25, 2012 Read More →
Force Science on Discovery Channel – Traffic Stop Study
Force Science (from your legal defense package) was featured on the Discovery Channel. Watch their traffic stop study by clicking the link below. DISCOVERY CHANNEL – FORCE SCIENCE TRAFFIC STOP STUDY “As you watch this program, take note of the one officer in the film clip who asks that the driver put his right hand in plain sight,” says FSI Executive Director...
Call to Action – Times are Changing
I want to discuss a topic that has not been on the fore front for some time. Currently, the MPA has a Political Action Campaign (PAC) fund. The current balance is quite low given the changing attitude towards police officers wages, benefits and working conditions. We use the PAC funds for several items such as: to combat the anti-union bills, which would outlaw our MOU’s...
