POSA membership is open to any full time sworn police officer or civilian police department employee, including sergeants and first line civilian supervisors.

The 8^th Annual Shop with a Cop Event will take place on Saturday, December 18, 2010 in Scottsdale, Arizona.  The Police Officers of Scottsdale Association along with law enforcement officers from the Scottsdale Police Department, DPS State Gang Task Force (GIITEM), Tempe PD, AZDOC, the Town of Paradise Valley PD, ASU PD, Arizona Probation Officers Association, US Marshals, Salt River PD and Phoenix PD will donate their time and their hearts to this worthy program. This year's Shop with a Cop will benefit 200 at-risk youths screened through the City of Scottsdale Human Services division and local community outreach programs within the valley. 

THANK YOU to all of the many, many people who helped to make the 2010 Back to School Drive a big success.  Because of the kindness and generosity of the community and the hard work of a great team of people, we were able to help 431 children (through today) return to school with pride and dignity. 

POSA would like to thank everyone involved in this year's Back to School Shop with a Cop Program.  With your help we assisted Vista del Camino provide 450 children with shoes for back to school and allowed 6 deserving teens to Shop with a Cop at the Fashion Square Mall while we fingerprinted kids at the SPD Kiosk.

POSA Newsletter July 2010

POSA has been a sponsor of this 9-11 Memorial Healing Field for many years in Tempe along with the City of Tempe and Valley of the Sun Exchange Clubs Foundation and Tempe Exchange Club.  It is the largest and longest running healing field in the Southwest with over 3000 full size flags.

Some questions have come up regarding the comparison of the new AZCOPS Workers' Comp coverage and the FOP legal plan.  Below is clarification from Martin Bihn, AZCOPS General Counsel.

To join POSA please download and print the AZCOPS application and the Surepay form.  Once you have filled them out please
attach a voided check to the Surepay form and inter-office both forms to Monty Thomas at District 2.

Last night several SPD members were involved in a shooting that took place in Phoenix. One of the involved officers was a POSA member. At 2140 hrs I received a page from the answering service and was instructed that a member was requesting assistance. I contacted AZCOPS General Counsel Martin Bihn and I gave him the information I had. Martin contacted our member and gave him an ETA of 15 minutes to the scene. From the time I was first notified until our member was contacted by an attorney was less than 10 minutes.

This was a great example of how the system works.

United We Stand,
Jim Hill
POSA President