Then in 2015, an NLRB panel in Washington, D.C., upheld a 2012 NLRB court ruling ordering Sands to recognize the guard union and to enter into bargaining sessions. Worried that the Law Enforcement Employees Benevolent Association that the guards were affiliated with at the time was too small to afford a prolonged court battle if Sands pushed the issue, the guards separated from LEEBA in 2015 and affiliated with SPFPA. Based in Roseville, Mich., SPFPA represents guards at 13 casinos in the U.S. and at many government buildings, including the White House and the Holocaust Memorial Museum, Hickey said.