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Make your Amway Hotel Reservation Today

February 14, 2014

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Click the link below to make your hotel reservation today for the 2014 POAM Annual Convention! For more information regarding this year’s convention, please visit our convention information post...

Defending Detroit’s Pensioners

February 3, 2014

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Attorney General Bill Schuette urged the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals for an accelerated decision as to whether Michigan’s constitution protects pensions in Detroit’s bankruptcy case. The Attorney...

Conviction of Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence Extinguishes Due Process RightsPast

January 30, 2014

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William Arganda was employed as a peace officer by the City of Westminster, California. Following an internal investigation, Arganda was served with a Notice of Intent to Terminate on August 11, 2009,...

Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement book

The Novi Police Department Presents: Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement

January 24, 2014

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Dr. Kevin Gilmartin is a nationally recognized police psychologist, who has worked in various different sectors of law enforcement for the past twenty years. In addition, he is a published author and ...

Chief of Fullerton Police Fight’s Acquitted Cops Effort to Win Job Back

January 23, 2014

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In 2011, Fullerton police officer Jay Cicinelli and three other officers, were fired after being charged with involuntary manslaughter and excessive force in the death of Kelly Thomas, a mentally ill ...

Demotion, Not Termination, Usually the Appropriate Punishment For Supervisory FailuresPast

December 30, 2013

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Shaun Sundahl worked for the Calexico, California Police Department as a sergeant. The City terminated Sundahl for three incidents: (1) Sundahl’s order that a subordinate officer use a taser to cont...

Membership in Motorcycle Club can be Constitutionally ProtectedPast

December 30, 2013

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A fairly little known aspect of the First Amendment is known as “freedom of association.” This freedom protects an individual’s right to associate with others in pursuit of a wide variety of pol...

Opposition to DNA Testing of Detectives Constitutionally ProtectedPast

November 22, 2013

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Christopher Burns is employed as a detective by the Connecticut Department of Public Safety (DPS). In the summer of 2008, DPS requested DNA samples from some employees. In response, the Connecticut St...

Even in ADA Lawsuit, State Not Entitled to See Trooper’s Psychiatric RecordsPast

August 1, 2013

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Scott Butler, a trooper with the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, sued the State under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Butler claimed that the State regarded him as di...

Firings Based on Union Membership Violate First AmendmentPast

July 8, 2013

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The State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition is a group of thirteen state public employee unions representing approximately 40,000 Connecticut state employees. The Coalition has been designated by C...

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