POAM’s Fall 2011 edition of Law Enforcement Journal was released in November. The edition features several articles about important issues pertaining to POAM and our members.
The ...
By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor
Monroe Police Chief Tom Moore was pleased when his patrol union agreed to implement 12-hour shifts in August, 2010. Moore and POA President Bryan Gee ...
By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor
Lake County and the Police Officers Association of Michigan (POAM), representing the Lake County Deputy Sheriff’s Association, began negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement in ...
By Frank Guido, General Counsel
There is an unsavory phenomenon which rears its ugly head when economic times, real or perceived, are difficult. This phenomenon infiltrates the mindset of some ...
By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor
In the late 1950′s and early 1960′s, an unusual employee-driven process took root in America as fatigued shift workers convinced management ...
By Donna Selman, Ph.D.
In April 2007, a gunman opened fire on Virginia Tech’s campus, taking the lives of 32 people including five faculty members and twenty-seven students, injuring an ...
By Kathleen Gray
Some cash-strapped communities across Wayne County are refusing to scrimp on punishing those guilty of misdemeanors, even as they cut services and lay off employees.
At least ...
By Frank Guido, General Counsel
When a Public Employer and Police/Fire labor union are unable to arrive at a negotiated collective bargaining agreement, their dispute is subject to resolution through ...