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We represent over 4,000 deputies, police, and correctional officers from Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie Counties. We negotiate Collective Bargaining Agreements that memorialize in a written contract, pay, benefits, and various due process rights with a view toward potentially ensuring that none of our members are treated less favorably than others. And when our members are treated less favorably, or our contracts are ignored, we do what most people associate with the PBA. We engage in dispute resolution procedures and “carry the fight” wherever it needs to go. To the extent that all of our daily lives are governed, in one way or another, by politics and politicians, it is not surprising that the PBA gets involved in State and local political processes. When it comes to our members’ careers and their continuing abilities to provide for their families, the PBA is unwilling to rely on “the kindness of strangers.”
Kids today face problems that are of a different nature than those of their parents and grandparents. Law enforcement officers see social problems daily and are in a position to coordinate educational scholarships through the PBA CHARITY FUND. Contributions to the PBA Charity Fund, Inc. are used toward educational scholarships. The PBA Charity Fund, Inc. is a 501(C)(3), and is a charitable corporation under the nonprofit Corporation Law of Florida, Chapter 617 Florida Statutes.
It was established in 2004 specifically to aid our members and their children with scholarships to help defray the “skyrocketing’ costs of higher education. This fund will be controlled by the PBA and distributed among the many children of police officers and children in Palm Beach County who are in need of additional assistance from the community, about which we feel so strongly.
Through the years, the PBA Charity Fund has expanded its realm of charitable donations. In addition, scholarships, the PBA Charity Fund provides charitable assistance to our members and their families who have experienced life-altering tragedies or catastrophic events.
NEW EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
Please be advised, the emergency call out procedure for critical incidents has changed. The "pager system" is no longer being used and has been replaced with a 24 hour cellular phone to facilitate response time from a PBA Attorney.
EMERGENCY CONTACT PROCEDURES
Members, please be advised that the emergency number (561) 371-7200 is for CRITICAL INCIDENTS ONLY.
Our attorney(s) should ONLY be contacted after hours for critical incidents; that is, an officer-involved shooting, an in-custody death, an on-duty vehicle accident with injuries or if Internal Affairs investigators are responding right now to an incident.
If you are attempting to contact a PBA Attorney for any matter that is not a critical incident, please contact the PBA Office (561)689-3745 during regular business hours 8:30am - 4:30pm Monday through Friday.