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Police Officers — on motorcycles (from left to right): Ernie Garcia, Pete Kemeza, Rich Mercado & Mike Rynich; on horseback: Brian Grabinski; Council 15, Connecticut

AFSCME members around the country work hard to keep our families and communities safe – patrolling our streets, securing our airports and enforcing our laws. As uniformed officers and civilian law enforcement workers in states, counties and cities, at educational institutions and other areas, we proudly serve and protect every day.

Law Enforcement Employees Online Network

Join your brothers and sisters in the AFSCME Law Enforcement Employees Network. We’ll discuss shared concerns, learn about what’s going on around the country and exchange information and ideas.

What's Hot

  • Taxing Health Benefits Could Kill Health Care Reform
    Our stand against taxing benefits is grounded in a conviction that regressive taxation cannot cure our health care ills. Just as importantly, we are concerned that linking an unpopular tax to health care reform could kill our efforts to provide health care for all. (Huffington Post, 6/3/2009)
  • Cash-Strapped Cities Try Private Guards Over Police
    The City of Oakland, California has joined other cities in dealing with tight budgets by turning over law enforcement responsibilities to private armed guards. (Wall Street Journal, 4/21/09)
  • Double Blow for Police: Less Cash, More Crime
    The nation's economic trouble has hit state and local law enforcement, with two out of three large departments reporting budget cuts or hiring freezes. And at the same time, leaders at more than a quarter of the 233 departments that responded to a survey by the Police Executive Research Forum say they are noticing an uptick in property crime that they blame, at least in part, to economic unrest. Local police departments already have been grappling with tighter budgets in recent years as the federal government has shifted funding from law enforcement to homeland security. (Washington Post, 2/7/09)
  • Next Wave Toolkit
    Learn how to start a new Next Wave chapter, host an event, get involved in the election or find more information.
  • Health Care for America: Which Side Are You On?
    Learn about AFSCME’s plan to guarantee quality, affordable health care for all Americans.

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Tony Zona
Council 15, Connecticut

Tony Zona

"As law enforcement officers, we protect our communities -- our union protects our rights and safety. Together we make the streets safer and our jobs better -- with better pay, benefits and equipment."