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Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

From the President’s Desk – Spring 2010

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Good day to our members and friends. I’d like to share some headlines with you. Some may be short on details but I am hopeful you will use our communications system (either e-mail or phone) to acqui...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

A Decade after the Millennium

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By Barry Sherman Who would have guessed that this state and country would be in the condition they are in today — only ten years after the turn of the century? Let’s go to back to Dec. 31st 19...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

MCOLES Report — Equal Opportunity Recession

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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...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Tom Griffin Retires

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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. ...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

POAM’s Voice Heard in DC

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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...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Emotional Backup

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By Ed Jacques LEJ Editor Crisis is something most employees attempt to avoid when they arrive at their workplace. For employees of Southfield-based Incident Management Team (IMT), crisis is expected. ...