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Welcome
to the website of the Arkansas Division of the Police Benevolent
Association (PBA). This website was established for your benefit
in the hopes that it will help keep you updated on the current events
and future work of the PBA in
Arkansas. The Arkansas PBA is an
association of full time, part time and retired Law enforcement
Officers, Correctional Officers and their support staff with Federal,
state, county and municipal departments across the State of
Arkansas. Please take the time to make
yourself familiar with the information contained in these pages and
introduce others in our profession to this website.
Although the Southern States PBA (SSPBA) has been protecting law
enforcement for years, The Arkansas division was just recently
established. The Arkansas
division board of directors is comprised of wonderfully talented men and
women with an unsurpassed passion for Law Enforcement. Their
dedication to the improvement of the pay, benefits and working
conditions of the law enforcement community in this state is truly
extraordinary.
As of September of 2006 we are at a membership of approximately 1,200 in
the state of Arkansas.
Your board has set a new goal of 2,000 by August of 2007 and if each of
us are able to reach one more brother or
sister in law enforcement we can surpass our goal by 400 members.
This may seem like a hard task, however we are law enforcement officers
and I don’t believe any task is hard.
Our division will be active in many political screenings of which the
most important will be your local political races. Political
action is the only way to get the change we are seeking and I am
committed to helping each and every law enforcement officer in this
state by hosting as many political screenings as possible. The
division board has told me of many issues in our state, to include but
not limited to, retirement, “At Will,” due process for officers, and
many more. I will work tirelessly to resolve these issues as soon
as possible and I know I can depend on each of you to help me get these
accomplished for all of us.
As we enter into our first year, may I implore you to sign up at least
one more officer this year. I encourage
you to become active with your local chapter by attending the meetings
to keep yourself updated on current events, and participating in as many
political screenings as possible. A lot will be asked of us over
the next few years, but much will be gained for the officers of this
state and their families. If I can be of any assistance to you,
please don’t hesitate to call me. I look forward to working with
you over the next year and many years to come.
Robert Henderson
Arkansas Division President
Arkansas
Police Benevolent Association
1-800-233-3506 ext. 341
rhenderson@sspba.org
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