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Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. The purpose, signified by a green ribbon, is to raise awareness, educate the public and fight the stigmas around mental health.
FSA Helps Sheriff’s Office Employees Plan for the Future
The Florida Sheriffs Association works to support all members of the office of the sheriff, beyond their working days and into retirement. The FSA Deferred Compensation Program started out back...
Have You Signed Up for Your FSA Member Perks?
The Florida Sheriffs Association is helping members experience and do more with their savings by partnering with Abenity to provide the FSA Member Perks program. It is a special benefit...
FSA Hurricane Season Reminder
Hurricane season is fast approaching! It officially begins on June 1 and ends November 30, 2021. As we focus on a safe and healthy reopening of our state, it remains...
Criminal Justice Accreditation: The Role of Florida Sheriffs
The accepted definition of a Professional involves a standard of training and competency, a regulating body or Fellowship, and a Code of Ethics or Conduct. Many professions, including law enforcement,...
Sheriffs’ Offices, Local Governments & Other Entities Can Purchase Mobile Command Units From the FSA Cooperative Purchasing Program
Did you know that mobile command units can be ordered through the Florida Sheriffs Association (FSA) Cooperative Purchasing Program (CPP)? In March 2021, a Florida Sheriff’s Office and City of...
Sheriff John Maloney Spottswood: A remarkable life of service
Sheriff John M. Spottswood was born in Key West, Fla., on June 17, 1920, and died September 27, 1975. His short, 55 years were phenomenal.
National Work Zone Awareness Week
National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is April 26-30, 2021 and is an annual spring campaign held at the start of construction season encouraging safe driving through highway work zones....
Florida Sheriffs Association Continues Work with State Farm to Improve Teen Driving and Keep Florida’s Roads Safe
The Florida Sheriffs Association (FSA) is pleased to announce that State Farm has generously granted $50,000 to the Teen Driver Challenge, an educational course that provides teen driver education. This...
Sheriff Ford Saves $4,000 by using FSTI
This past summer the Florida Sheriffs Association (FSA) launched the Florida Sheriffs Training Institute’s (FSTI) online training program. The program is free for all sheriffs and their personnel and can...