“AHPA was instrumental in fighting for a ‘Meet and Confer’ bill that included all DPS employees.  Without AHPA’s hard work, civilians would have been left out of the process.”
– State Senator John Huppenthal

A comparison of FOP Lodge 32 vs. AHPA

	Organizational Control	Membership is DPS Only	Bylaws include Civilian and Sworn employees	Controls own Political Action Committee	Professional Lobbyist on Retainer
AHPA	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
FOP Lodge 32	NO 1	NO 2	NO 3	NO 4	NO 5

1. FOP Lodge 32 Bylaws, Article I, Section 2
2. FOP Lodge 32 Bylaws, Article III, Section 1
3. FOP Lodge 32 Bylaws, Article III, Section 1
4. Arizona Secretary of State Political Action Committee Records
5. Arizona Secretary of State Lobbyist Registration Services

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