One Voice


 

Public safety should always be top priority!

 
 

AZCOPS congratulates La Paz County Sheriff Don Lowery (center) during a meeting of the AZCOPS Board of Directors at the La Paz County Sheriff's Department in early 2009. At left are AZCOPS President Larry Lopez and at right, Joe Escorza, president of La Paz County Deputies Association.

 

 

AZCOPS President Larry Lopez (left) and Director of Government Relations Luis Ebratt (right) with U.S. Representative Ann Kirkpatrick (CD1). Ms. Kirkpatrick was endorsed by AZCOPS in 2008. 

 
 
U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (center) received the AZCOPS endorsement and was re-elected Nov. 4, 2008.
 

See the list of AZCOPS-backed candidates who were successful in the General Election of 2008. 

 

 

 

Political Action

 

REGISTER TO VOTE NOW! AZCOPS members must be registered to vote by Feb. 8, 2010, in order to vote in the March 9, 2010, elections.

  

  

Government Affairs


Luis Ebratt is Director of Government Relations and President of AZPOA

Luis Ebratt has been an Adult Probation Officer since 1973. He moved to Arizona from Pennsylvania in 1984 and became a supervisor in Adult Probation in 1986. In 1998, he established and became the first President of Arizona Probation Officers Association. After a brief retirement in 2001, he returned to the presidency in March 2004. In December 2004, Lu was appointed Secretary of the National Coalition of Public Safety Officers (NCPSO/CWA). On July 31, 2007, Lu retired from the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department, ending 34 years in the field. He now serves as both the full-time President of AZPOA and Director of Government Relations for AZCOPS.
 

 

 

 

 

Political News


Tucson POA campaigns for Proposition 200

AZCOPS members in and around the Tucson area were involved in a political campaign in fall 2009 to boost police staffing and improve response times for the Tucson Fire Department. 

Proposition 200 was not approved by voters, but would have required the City of Tucson to provide 2.4 sworn police officers per 1,000 residents and adopt National Fire Protection Association 1710 standards by 2014.

Read More | VIDEO

POSA, AZCOPS members score a victory at Scottsdale Council meeting

(UPDATED: Sept. 23, 2009)
The Police Officers of Scottsdale Association scored a victory at the Scottsdale City Council meeting Sept. 22nd as POSA and AZCOPS members filled the Council room.

Read More

Dining with Lawmakers 

(Posted: August 14, 2009) The month of June provided AZCOPS leaders with the opportunity to thank many of the Arizona State Legislators who supported AZCOPS this past legislative year. AZCOPS leaders were honored to sponsor and attend both the Arizona Republican Party’s Governor’s Salute to the Legislature, and the Arizona Democratic Party’s 2009 Heritage Dinner. Legislators and leaders from both political parties were excited to have AZCOPS as a sponsor of their respective event.

Read More