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Is SPFPA Region 3 VP Ryan Kelly a Nazi Party Sympathizer? Check out his SWASTIKA Twitter Post?
On a Twitter post by SPFPA Region 3 Vice President Ryan Kelly, and an Executive Board member of the International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA), Kelly clearly shows his discontent for the 2020 presidential election citing:
"The 2020 U.S. General Election is Illegitimate" followed with a SWASTIKA on the Twitter Logo dated Jan 8th.

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Apr 125 min read


Statement of FACTS that SPFPA Pres David L. Hickey Cannot Deny
STATEMENT OF FACTS SPFPA President David L. Hickey CANNOT DENY!
International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA). is a labor organization based in Roseville, Michigan that represents protective security officers at federal workplaces. Pursuant to that representation, SPFPA executed collective bargaining agreements with several employers covering the security industry in several states.

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Mar 319 min read


Former SPFPA VP @ Large Rick O'Quinn & His Wife Plead Guilty in a Scheme to Provide & Receive Prohibited Labor Payments
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Florida couple former SPFPA VP @ Large Rick O'Quinn & his wife Mabel O'Quinn pled guilty today to conspiracy to provide and receive prohibited labor payments, in violation of the Labor Management Relations Act, also known as the Taft-Hartley Act.

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Mar 314 min read


It is Time for a Leadership Transition at SPFPA.
It is time for a leadership transition at SPFPA.
David L. Hickey has led this union for decades, but tenure alone cannot justify the decisions that have put millions of dollars in member dues at risk. According to the Department of Labor Records filed by SPFPA, since 2017, SPFPA Hickey has spent more than $3,000,000 million dollars in legal fees from his dues paying members hard earned money pursuing legal action against a rival union—without recovering a single dollar.

Eyes on SPFPA
Mar 292 min read


Why did SPFPA President David L. Hickey Close a Blind Eye to the O'Quinn's Conflict of Interest?
This was clearly a conflict of interest and SPFPA President David L. Hickey knew about this conflict of interest between SPFPA, and Patronus Systems since 2010 and did nothing about it. WHY -- That's over a decade of silence. --Members deserved protection.

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Mar 263 min read


SPFPA gets Obliviated in Election Loss to a Rival Union in Arizona 105 to 1
March 18, 2026 - Florence Arizona - The 329 Akima Global Services LLC detention & transportation officers working at Florence detention center made their voices heard when they voted 105 to 1 to join the United Federation LEOS-PBA Law Enforcement Officers Security & Police Benevolent Association a rival union of the International Union, security, police & Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA)

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Mar 172 min read


SPFPA Financial Secretary-Treasurer of Local 238 Sent to Federal Prison for Embezzlement
ROCKFORD — A Whiteside County man has been sentenced to a federal prison term for embezzling from SPFPA Local 238, a labor organization.

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Mar 23 min read


Federal Settlement Forces SPFPA Union Officials to Refund $20,000 After Illegally Seizing Union Dues from PSO's
SPFPA union officials continued to collect dues over workers’ objections despite majority vote by employees that ended mandatory payments

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Feb 283 min read


SPFPA Financial Secretary-Treasurer Local 238 Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement from a Labor Union
BRENT TOPPERT, 42, was the elected Financial Secretary-Treasurer of Local 238 of the Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA). The SPFPA represented members engaged in providing security at a nuclear plant in Cordova, Ill. Toppert admitted in a plea agreement that in 2018 he made an unauthorized withdrawal of $500 from a bank account owned by the SPFPA, and that the withdrawal was not for business purpose. Toppert admitted that he converted this money to

Eyes on SPFPA
Feb 103 min read


Vogtle Nuclear Security Officers Overwhelmingly Vote to Remove SPFPA as their Representative
Waynesboro, GA (February 10, 2026) - – Nuclear security officers working for Southern Nuclear Operating Company have freed themselves from the control of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) union officials in their workplace.

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Feb 93 min read


SPFPA "I Work to get Paid; I Don't Pay to Work" - Juan Vielma El Paso, Texas.
At the order of officials from the International Union of Security Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA), AKAL suspended Juan without pay for over a year because he had exercised his right under Texas’ Right to Work law to refuse to pay union dues. Texas is one of 24 Right to Work states that prohibit compulsory dues.

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Feb 63 min read


Nuclear Security Officers at Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant Demand Vote to Remove SPFPA Union
Nuclear Security Officers at Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant collect enough signatures to prompt federal labor board to administer SPFPA union removal vote.

Eyes on SPFPA
Jan 73 min read


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Eyes on SPFPA is a blog and media platform that reports on internal issues, controversies, and legal matters involving the Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) union.

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Jan 13 min read
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