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Labor Seminars

You should be in receipt of an invitation to our Labor Seminar.  There is a mistake on the day noted on the invitation – it should read Thursday, August 26th  The Blue Cross Blue Shiel...





Secondary Road Patrol Money Saved

On March 10, 2010, POAM Executive Board member and Monroe County Deputy Sheriffs Association President, Dave LaMontaine, testified in front of a House Subcommittee against Governor Granholm’s elimin...


POAM’s Voice Heard in DC

House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-WI) recently announced the inclusion of $1.2 billion in his FY2010 Supplemental Appropriations bill to hire approximately 5,525 law enforcement officers. PO...

Tom Griffin Retires

By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Over 40 years of experience in the police and labor profession were sorely missed by POAM and hundreds of its members when Business Agent Tom Griffin retired in April, 2010. ...

MCOLES Report — Equal Opportunity Recession

By Jim DeVries, MCOLES Board Member State government is gradually contracting and changing in adjustment to steadily decreasing revenue. If the state’s fiscal problems were confined to the state...