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03/13/2026

CALL TO ACTION: EMAIL COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO SUPPORT SB 1493

Members of the Arizona House of Representatives Public Safety & Law Enforcement:

We are writing on behalf of the Arizona Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) to encourage your support for SB 1493. SB 1493 is scheduled to be heard by the House Public Safety & Law Enforcement Committee on Monday, March 16th. SB 1493 requires an employer of a law enforcement officer to reimburse an officer who has been terminated from the agency and who successfully appeals a termination.

Arizona statues provide specific procedural steps for police agencies and police officers in cases where the employer charges the employee with a violation and assesses a disciplinary penalty. Penalties can include suspension, demotion, and termination.

Currently, If the employee desires to challenge the finding of a violation and the discipline assessed, he or she is then required to appeal to the agency's hearing officer or hearing panel. If the hearing officer or panel subsequently rules against the employee, the employee's only option is to appeal to Superior Court. However, if the hearing officer or panel rules against the employer, the employer can, effectively, just ignore it.

The FOP sees this current process as unfair to an employee who has "proved his/her case" before the agency's hearing officer or panel. SB 1493 modifies the current statute, by specifying that in cases where the agency terminated the employee, and the hearing officer or administrative law judge or panel on appeal rules in favor of the officer, that the employer who chooses to ignore the reinstatement ruling would be required to pay for the costs, witness fees and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the office to further appeal to the Superior Court, regardless of the ultimate outcome of the appeal to Superior Court,

The FOP believes that due process for the officer only exists when his appeal is: heard before an impartial hearing officer or hearing panel, ruled upon by the hearing officer or panel after an evidentiary hearing with the decision binding on both parties, and when the employer who ignores the hearing officer’s reinstatement decision, bears the costs of the officer’s further appeal as well as the initial appeal.

Note: The FOP supports an amendment to the bill which would reimburse attorney’s fees and costs only where the officer is successful both on the appeal to the hearing officer, and then subsequently to the Superior Court.

On behalf of the Arizona Fraternal Order of Police, we respectfully encourage your support for the passage of SB 1493. We would be glad to meet with you to answer any questions or provide any additional information.

ACTION

Email: the below Committee Members:

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Thank you for your support and together we can get this bill passed to the next level.

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The Arizona Fraternal Order of Police and the Arizona Labor Council are collaborating on crucial issues that matter to all of us. Join the conversation and learn how to make your voice heard! Read more: https://wix.to/RWIl8yD

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Your voices are being heard! You can help too. Use the link below to help our brothers and sisters at DPS and DOC. The state's budget is being negotiated. Let our state leadership know how vital the raises are. Use the link below; it takes less than a minute.

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