The Voice of Arizona Law Enforcement Corrections Professionals
The Fraternal Order of Police Valley Lodge 44 was incorporated in 1980 specifically to represent the interests of Arizona Department of Corrections Officers. For more than 25 years the lodge has represented the interests of professional ADC employees. Many of the benefits obtained for our members, including the 25 year CORP retirement, is a result of the efforts by the Fraternal Order of Police to actively fight for wages, benefits and improved working conditions.
Our membership includes Security Series staff of all ranks. administration staff, Parole Officers, ‘Program’ Officers, Juvenile Detention Officers, CORP members and retirees. As an open lodge, our membership includes County and Federal Detention Officers as well. Contact us to join the F.O.P. Valley Lodge 44.
We know the needs and aspirations of Correctional professionals because we work ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with you as professionals. We are committed to improving working conditions for the ‘line staff," better pay and benefits, better safety, adequate equipment, and equitable personnel policies and procedures.
Nationally, the Fraternal Order of Police is the
world's largest organization of law enforcement officers, with more than 321,000 members in more than 2,100 lodges. The Fraternal Order of Police is the voice of those who dedicate their lives to protecting and serving our communities. We are committed to improving the working conditions of law enforcement officers and the safety of those we serve through education, legislation, information, community involvement, and employee representation.
No one knows the dangers and the difficulties faced by today's law enforcement officers better than another officer, and no one knows law enforcement officers better than the FOP.
The Fraternal Order of Police Arizona Labor Council legal plan is available to our members. The FOPALC provides the best legal defense plan in Arizona.
Briefing Info
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| New from the Labor Council |
6/17/2008 |
FOP ADC Labor Council
Your ADC Labor Council has submitted all the information required by Directors Instruction #206 ‘Employee Organizations’ to the Labor Relations Unit and asked for our first meeting with the Director. That meeting was asked for on July 15th or as soon as possible after that date to accommodate the Directors schedule. The Director also received a letter requesting the extended ‘duty hours’ for the board members. Board members will be attending formal training from the National FOP on collective bargaining, grievances and other issues on August 4th & 5th after meeting at the FOP State Conference June 22nd through 25th. We need all agenda items submitted by July 1st, so if you have issues you believe impact the Department as a whole, please submit them by e-mail.
Labor Council Director -spittinl@hotmail.com
Labor Council Secretary - lymrith@cox.net
Secretary Lodge 44 - sectreas44@yahoo.com |
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| FOP ADC Labor Council |
6/17/2008 |
Fraternal Order of Police
Arizona Department of Corrections
Labor Council
Director Melissa Wallace
Vice Chairperson To be elected
Secretary Linda Delles
Treasurer Corey Kuykerdall
Labor Trustee (N)
Laura Hernandez
Labor Trustee (S)
Lee Ann Brydges
Labor Trustee (C)
Robert Calhoun,
Kurt Stevens,
Gabriel Camacho,
Gomburza Abad, Jr.
Retiree Trustee
Stephen Vandegrift
Labor Trustees Area
(N) Northern
Winslow/Apache
(S) Southern
Tucson, Yuma, Douglas
(C) Central
Phoenix/Globe, Lewis, Florence, Eyman, Perryville/SACRC, Safford
To contact your local Labor Council Trustee, e-mail Secretary Delles at
lymrith@cox.net or
www.adclaborcouncil.com |
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| National PhotoAlert |
3/31/2008 |
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NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NATIONWIDE SERVICE THAT WILL REVOLUTIONIZE RECOVERY OF MISSING CHILDREN
WASHINGTON, D.C.-JANUARY 23, 2008/PR Newswire/—The National Fraternal Order of Police announced the launch of the National PhotoAlert™ network, the nation's first comprehensive data and photographic system designed to help improve the speed of recovery of missing children.
The National PhotoAlert service, which has been in development for the past two years by US ComCorp, arrives at a time when society's expectations are at their highest regarding instant access to data-rich information. By using proprietary GPS technology, National PhotoAlert meets that demand in missing children cases by issuing geographic-specific alerts to thousands of recipients each minute including law enforcement and government agencies. Recipients receive both a photograph and text information of a missing person.
Unlike other missing child alert services that can take several hours to track down a photo and issue an alert, National PhotoAlert has the infrastructure and flexibility to send out the missing child's photo and profile information almost instantaneously and pinpoint a specific geographic location.
National PhotoAlert and the National Fraternal Order of Police work proactively to gather photos and create individual profiles that can be stored confidentially and then distributed in an emergency.
Parents and guardians can register their children online at www.fop.net or www.nationalphotoalert.com for $10 a year. Additionally, anyone can register to be a free recipient of alerts from National PhotoAlert.
For more information or to enroll in National PhotoAlert, visit www.nationalphotoalert.com, call 1-877-3PHOTO3 or email cs@nationalphotoalert.com.
“I strongly suggest that every FOP member sign up for the free photo alerts. I also urge families with children to participate in this very low cost program that just might be the key to saving your child’s life. What a fantastic idea – a kid’s photo and information right on people’s cell phones in the area that maters most when time is the most important factor.”
Joseph Tremont, President, FOP 44
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| Rights Should Be Respected |
2/17/2008 |
Investigation or Clarification
When interviewed by your immediate supervisors or management, it is often difficult to determine when it is an ‘official’ investigation or just clarification; whichever is the case, answer as if you were with an ADC investigator. Answer only the questions, do not volunteer information, stick to the point, never discuss ‘other’ matters and most importantly, do not start the interview with “I want my union representative!” When you start by asking for your union representative, you start the discussion in an adversarial manner. You may also lead the questioner to feel you have already done something to hide.
ADC is your employer and has the right to clarify information and by policy, you have no right to have a union representative present unless it is an official investigation. ADC has no right to badger you, harass you, yell at you or embarrass you publicly. Certainly ADC has no right to use vulgar or profane language. ADC will try to intimidate you, make you nervous and apprehensive about what you have written or stated. Always strive to be calm and self assured.
Anything you say can and will be used against you. It is common practice to ask an employee to ‘explain’ or ‘expand’ on an information report. If you did your job, all the information should already be in your report. The questioner is basically asking ‘What have you left out that you don’t want us to know?’ If you don’t have the report, ask the questioner for a copy; review it to yourself and if it contains all the necessary information, tell the interviewer there is nothing else to expand on or to explain. Remember to ‘stick to the point’ and never volunteer information.
The Department must serve you notice if you are under an official ADC investigation; ask for union representation for any questioning following that notice. Remember your FOP representative works for you, so call if you’ve been interviewed and think there might be a supervisor’s complaint or investigation. Never wait until you have already been disciplined to ask for help; our knowledge, expertise and personal help is part of why you joined. You should call you representative if you believe you have been mistreated during an interview or investigation. Both you and your employer have rights and both should be respected. |
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Executive Board
