LEORF News

I.U.P.A. Local Shreveport Police Union, #275 Members, along with other first responders in the Shreveport area, attended the Heroes BBQ Cook Off, which was sponsored by the Shreveport Business Association just in advance of National First Responders Appreciation Day. Shreveport Police Department posted the below photos from the event, “There…

I.U.P.A. Local 6020, The Broward Deputy Sheriff’s Association, Member Deputy Connor Eaton and K9 Ejo received Top Dog Honors at the TSA National Explosives Detection Canine Program! I.U.P.A. Local 6020 posted the below photos on social media, “Congratulations to BSO’s new explosive detection K9 team, Deputy Connor Eaton and K9…

I.U.P.A. Local Bel Air Police Association, #229 Members from Bel Air Police Department participated in the Bel Air Police Department/Bel Air Lions Club Child Safety Fair. The department posted on social media, “Neither rain nor snow nor heat nor gloom of day will stop the Bel Air Police Department/Bel Air…

I.U.P.A. Local Sarasota County School Police Association, #6046 Member School Resource Officer David Singer has been presented with a letter and certificate from the International Union of Police Associations for his quick thinking and good detective work that prevented a greater tragedy at Woodland Middle School in Sarasota County, Florida…

I.U.P.A. Local Virginia Beach P.B.A., #34 hosts the Brad Harper Memorial Golf Classic in honor of Sergeant Brad Harper who was an officer with the Virginia Beach Police Department and the U.S. Marine Corps. He was killed on August 3, 2005 in Haditha, Iraq along with 13 of his fellow…

I.U.P.A. Local Flagler Beach Law Enforcement Assn., #6086 Member Police Officer Dylan Coffman got a call that two people were in distress in the riptides at Flagler Beach and he sprung into action. He raced to the location, ran to the water, ripped off his vest, and dove into the…

I.U.P.A. Local Port Orange Police Association members along with firefighters from Port Orange Fire and Rescue, members of Port Orange Professional Firefighters Association, other officers from the Port Orange Police Department, and other firefighters from other fire departments in the area all participated in the 9/11 Stair Climb in remembrance…

Per National Today, National Police Women’s Day is “celebrated each year on September 12. The day acknowledges and celebrates the contribution of female police officers who enforce law and order around the country.” Across the country, LEO departments and I.U.P.A. members within them celebrated National Police Women’s Day vocally on…

Each year that we pass the anniversary of 9/11, we must stop and reflect on the way the world was changed that day, the lives senselessly lost, the heroes who ran into those buildings to help as others ran out, the brave passengers aboard Flight 93 who sacrificed themselves and…

I.U.P.A. Local Defiance Police Officers Assn., #166 Members Patrolman Jacob K. Vorce and Patrolman Tristan L. Sanders were awarded the Lifesaving Award from the Defiance Police Department for saving the life of a mentally ill man in distress. On this, in letters to each officer, President Cabral stated, “You we…