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POAM Call to ACTION: Police and Fire Rally at the CapitolPast

November 19, 2017

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POAM expects legislation to be introduced that goes further than the task force report, potentially impacting the benefits you have been promised. This rally will be co-hosted by all public safety org...

Want to Chat With Your Legislators? Here Are Their Coffee Hours.

November 17, 2017

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Do you love coffee as much as we do? As POAM keeps battling upcoming legislation that will threaten our bargaining abilities as well as public employee pensions on all fronts, we need our members to a...

Urgent: Legislative Update from POAM

November 17, 2017

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We support the recommendations of the Governor’s task force report on Responsible Retirement Reform which was issued in July. The recommendations were unanimously approved by ALL task force me...

November POAM Washington ReportPast

November 13, 2017

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In November, U.S. House Leadership unveiled their proposal to overhaul the U.S. tax code, a major legislative priority for Congressional Leaders and the White House. The House Ways and Means Committee...

Urgent Legislative Update from POAM | Call to Action!

November 9, 2017

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Urgent Legislative Update Via POAM Legislative Director, Kenneth E. Grabowski The Michigan legislature continues to look at legislative changes to Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) and pension ben...

November 2017 POAM Featured Member Group: U of M Command

October 25, 2017

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This group went from the frying pan into the fire and becoming unionized couldn't have happened quick enough for them.

GOP private-police bill could unleash mercenaries on Michigan towns

October 12, 2017

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From the Detroit Free Press Editorial Board “No. Just … no. That’s nearly all we can say in response to Senate Bill 594, legislation sponsored by state Senate Majority Leader Arlan M...

OCC: Combined Regional Emergency Services Training ClassesPast

October 11, 2017

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Training Bulletin for the Oakland Police Academy for classes through the end of 2017 and what has been scheduled for at this point for 2018.

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A History Lesson: God Bless America

October 11, 2017

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Kate wanted to do something to cheer them up, so she went to the famous American song-writer Irving Berlin (who also wrote White Christmas) and asked him to write a song that would make Americans fe...

Law Enforcement Objects To Private Policing Bill

October 4, 2017

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Legislation that would allow corporations, nonprofits and other entities to set up their own policing agencies came under heavy criticism Tuesday from a variety of law enforcement groups at the Senate...

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