The Arizona State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police continues to work extremely hard to improve the lives, working conditions, benefits, wages, retirement, and labor relations for our members in law enforcement, both sworn and civilian.

The Arizona F.O.P. is committed to advancing law enforcement labor, legislative, retiree, and health care issues throughout our state.

The Arizona F.O.P. is the most well known and respected law enforcement labor and legislative force in Arizona.

The Arizona State F.O.P. will continue to be in the forefront of all law enforcement issues. The Arizona State F.O.P. led the way in fighting against Ford and Second Chance bringing those issues to our Attorney General and the United States Attorney General, to ensure our officers’ safety. We have worked with Governor Napolitano, Attorney General Goddard, state senators, and representatives on key pieces of law enforcement legislation for both active and retired law enforcement employees.

On the labor front, the Arizona State F.O.P. through the Arizona Labor Council (ALC) has led the fight for employee rights throughout the state. We fight to ensure that all employees are treated equally and fairly when it comes to labor related issues.

The ALC is the labor arm of the Arizona F.O.P. protecting our active members and fighting to secure positive changes to the Arizona labor laws.

The F.O.P./ALC offers the best legal plan in Arizona, if not the country, through the law firm of Yen, Pilch, & Komadina (YPK). This is not your standard legal defense plan that most other law enforcement labor organizations offer. Arizona F.O.P. members want and have, a responsive legal plan designed specifically for the needs of Arizona law enforcement employees.

YPK offers the best qualified and most experienced labor, criminal, and civil attorneys in Arizona. Other labor organizations talk about having millions of dollars tied up in their legal plans that give them deep pockets for any legal coverage they may need. If you really look at these plans and how many states they represent, it is not hard to see that the deep pockets are not so deep. With the ALC plan, your hard earned dues are not being wasted on an imaginary war chest.

The F.O.P./ACL plan covers defense of all on-duty labor related legal expenses, the hiring of expert witnesses, and appeals all the way through the United States Supreme Court. Our attorneys will never take a case against a law enforcement officer unlike other legal plans that hire local attorneys on a first come first serve basis. The beauty of the F.O.P./ALC legal plan is that you never have to get approval from a board to speak to your attorney. Additionally, YPK attorneys are real attorneys, not just a paralegal. You do not have to call out of state to have someone find you an attorney in Arizona. YPK attorneys offer a quick response to all officer-involved critical incidents, and a team of highly qualified law enforcement and labor attorneys here in Arizona to be there when you need them the most. It truly does not make sense to belong to a legal plan from another state; the ALC is strictly for members of Arizona law enforcement agencies.

Finally, the State F.O.P. is working diligently to protect the rights of our retirees. We fight against every attempt to reduce retiree benefits and bring forth new legislation to improve those benefits. The Arizona State F.O.P. has and always will be the watchdog for the protection of retirees and their benefits.

Your Arizona State F.O.P. will continue to support local lodges by bringing training to their members to make them the best labor and legislative force in their jurisdictions. Working together we can and will make a difference for all Arizona law enforcement employees.

Fraternally,

Bryan G. Soller, President
Arizona State Lodge