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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.
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....
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...
Clay and Gulf Sheriffs’ Offices Awarded ’27 Contender and ’29 Boston Whaler from FSA’s Shared Asset Program
The concept for the Shared Asset Program was developed in 2019 by Sheriff Gualtieri, Pinellas County Sheriff. Since then, sheriffs’ interest in receiving support from the Florida Sheriffs Association for...