Posts by POAM | Police Officers Association of Michigan

Guns on Campus: Police Perspectives

June 4, 2010

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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 additional s...

MCOLES Report

May 6, 2010

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By JIM DeVRIES, MCOLES Board Member MCOLES offices have moved to the historic Hollister Building in downtown Lansing. The new address is 106 W. Allegan, Suite 600, in Lansing, Zip 48933. Telephone num...

MERS Update

May 6, 2010

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MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF MICHIGAN BRIDGED BENEFIT PROGRAM On July 15, 2009, the Board conditionally amended Plan Document Section 43 and Section 43a in response to requests by m...

MCOLES Report: Jim DeVries

May 6, 2010

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By Jim DeVries, MCOLES Board Member The past few months have proven to be challenging for MCOLES. At its June meeting, the Commission received notice that Executive Director Raymond W. Beach, Jr. woul...

What to Say and Do When Injured on the JobPast

May 4, 2010

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Most disputed workers’ compensation cases have one or more problems in common. You can minimize those problems by following certain rules when injured at work. This article offers essential advi...

Tales From the Trenches

May 4, 2010

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By Dave LaMontaine During a recent conversation between Executive Director Orlowski and myself, we were lamenting the lack of interest of deputy sheriffs’ in politics. I had previously discussed...

An Education in Media Distortion of Criminal Justice

May 4, 2010

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By Barry Sherman If you want to know the influence television has on young people, just talk to new college students during their initial academic advising session. The show C.S.I. has created a whole...

An Examination of Michigan’s Law Enforcement Policies, Procedures and Practices When Arresting a Caregiver of Minor Children

May 4, 2010

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On October 29, 2007, the Ann Arbor News ran the following story: “Husband arrested first, wife soon follows.” A couple ended up in jail, both facing drunken driving charges, after Ypsilanti Police...

Police Officers of the Year 2009

May 4, 2010

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KENT COUNTY DEPUTIES MIKE HOPKINS, MARIO MOREY AND CHRIS HAWLEY With an armed gunman on the loose, back-up officers can make the difference between life and death. But reinforcements were a luxury tim...

Mixing Police and Politics

May 4, 2010

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By Barry Sherman First, let me start out by telling you when I feel these two do mix. Several weeks ago I received a call from a newspaper reporter who was writing a story on a local police labor orga...

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