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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


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.

Eyes on SPFPA
Mar 263 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.

Eyes on SPFPA
Mar 23 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


Eyes on SPFPA
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.

Eyes on SPFPA
Jan 13 min read
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