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 The PLEA member appreciation cookout was a great success on Wednesday June 24th at the PLEA office. Nearly 500 members attended. Officer Dolan Crawford (900) won the $50 American Express gift certificate raffle prize. Numerous other members signed up for PLEA PAC, PLEA Charities, and PLEA PAT. In addition to these 500 special guests, others who came out to eat with us included Rep. Jim Weiers (did a shift on the grill), Mayor Phil Gordon, Councilperson Mike Johnson, Barry Paceley, Donna and Jerry Neill (NAILEM), Ann Malone (Require the Prior), Greta Rogers, Commanders Hampton, Smith, and Handy along with Assistant Chiefs Montgomery and Williams. Our Fall member appreciation cookout is in the works and will be announced. Thanks again for the opportunity to serve you.
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It was the best of investigations; it was the worst of investigations. Let's compare two work products of the same event. 
At the State and Local level, PLEA strives to protect your pension. This current legislative session PLEA has defended your pension against contribution increases and the elimantion of the DROP program. Our efforts at the Capital have been successful, as we were able to kill these bills. On the local front PLEA continues to protect OUR pension system from management abuses. When people are allowed to recieve pension payments that skirt the intent of the law, it hurts the entire pension system. This causes the City's contribution rate to increase and ultimately impacts OUR wages and benefits. PLEA will keep standing up for the members. 
The families of Shane Figueroa agreed to a sentencing plea from Salvador Vivas-Diaz for manslaughter. The plea carried with it a 10.5-16 year penalty. A trial would have produced a maximum penalty of 21 years. The suspect, at the time of his arrest, was in the country illegally, had three fake identification cards, and had two prior DUI's. After hearing statements from victim supporters and a statement from the suspect, Judge Kemp sentenced Diaz to 16 years....CLICK to read more.
The Indian School Corridor Citywide Coalition comprised of almost 550 businesses and over 19,000 households recently sent a letter to Representative Sam Crump in support of pending 'Just Cause' legislation. If passed, this legislation would give every peace officer in the state equal protection with regard to disciplinary procedures and job terminations.
Plea is pleased to offer a new opt in text messaging benefit to its members that will allow them to receive text messages on their cell phone when vital information is posted to the PLEA website. If you are a PLEA member and you want to sign up, 