Three officers of a Walt Disney Land local police security union allegedly received payoffs to affiliate with a national union, according to sources, and the U.S. Department of Labor is now investigating. IESA Local 1955, which represents about 1,500 security personnel in California’s Disneyland, became affiliated with the Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) in October 2021.

The former Secretary-Treasurer of Security Police Fire Professionals of America SPFPA Local 287 Milton Hilliard pleaded guilty today to theft from a labor organization in violation of his fiduciary responsibilities as a union officer.

On September 26, Laura Cloyd, former financial secretary of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America Local 112, pleaded guilty in the Campbell County, Kentucky Circuit Court to one count of felony theft and one count of misdemeanor theft from the Alexandria, Ky.-based union.  A month later, on October 25, she was sentenced to three years of diversion and ordered to pay $1,669 in restitution.  The actions follow an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office

On February 15, Devon Madray, former president of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 119, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to five years of probation and ordered to pay $20,097 in restitution and a $100 special assessment, for embezzling funds from the Roseville, Mich. union.