Welcome to the PBA of Georgia website. This website was established for your benefit. We hope it will allow you to keep up with current events and current trends in law enforcement in Georgia. We hope you will become familiar with the information contained in these pages and that you will introduce others in law enforcement to the website. The PBA of Georgia is an association of professional law enforcement officers from across the state of Georgia. Our goal is to serve the law enforcement community through our membership.

The PBA of Georgia has a long history and commitment of serving our approximately 5000 members in a variety of ways, which is not limited to legal and disciplinary representation. The PBA of Georgia has a loud and effective voice with our legislators, made possible by our political action committee (PAC) in each chapter. This allows the door to open for legislation for improved working conditions and benefits. As a PBA of Georgia member, acting as a group will allow a front line officer, as well as a superior officer the same voice in safety as well as working conditions.

As the Georgia President, there are two goals that I would like to address in this letter. First, I would like to see an expansion of the employment contract in our state. As you know, many departments now have a new officer sign an employment contract detailing how long he or she will work for that department to erase the cost of the department to train that officer. If the officer doesn’t comply with that time limit, then he or she must repay all or part of the department’s cost involved in that initial training. I believe that any employment contract should include guarantees of a fair working wage, annual pay increases, cost of living adjustments, retirement, health care, and other benefits too. My second goal is to have agencies give their PBA members the opportunity for payroll deduction of their monthly dues. These things will probably require legislative action to ensure statewide application. That’s why it is so important to be involved with our legislators and support your PAC and it’s chair.

In closing I ask that every PBA member in the Georgia Division bring in one new member, and they pass the same on, in a short time the PBA of Georgia will be the most influential voice in the state.

God Bless,

Joe Naia
Georgia Division President

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