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At the 2004 WPPA Annual Convention, the Board of Directors formally
adopted a platform declaring the legislative principles and policies
for the WPPA governmental affairs staff.
This platform is used to help develop an annual report card of legislators’ votes
on bills of importance to the law enforcement community. These report
cards will be published in the Wisconsin Police Journal, and sent
to every WPPA local political action committee (PAC). These report
cards help make state lawmakers more accountable, and aid state and
local PACs as they consider political endorsements.
Anyone with questions is encouraged to contact Jim Palmer, the WPPA
Assistant Executive Director & Director of Governmental Affairs,
either by telephone at 1-800-362-8838, or by e-mail at palmer@wppa.com.
WPPA Governmental Affairs Platform
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Protect state funding programs that impact public safety services,
and promote reforms of state funding formulas in a manner that
prioritizes these services.
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Protect against any legislation which
could detrimentally interfere with the current statutory mediation-arbitration
provisions for local public employees.
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Advocate legislation improving
the collective bargaining dispute settlement procedures for members
of the law enforcement community.
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Advocate legislation allowing
for the arbitration of discipline for municipal law enforcement
officers.
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Advocate legislation improving the pension and retirement
benefits of protective services employees.
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Promote legislation
likely to have a beneficial impact on the law enforcement community
and protect against legislation likely to have a detrimental
impact on the law enforcement community.
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Promote political activity
by WPPA members through methods such as: encouraging locals to
establish local political action committees; advising locals
on the operation of their political action committees; providing
political action committees with a current uniform candidate
questionnaire, and organizing meetings with WPPA locals and their
legislators.
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