By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor In 2009, Patrick Spidell from the Command Officers Association of Michigan (COAM) filed a petition to clarify its bargaining unit of supervisory employees of the Leelanau Cou...
By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Lake County and the Police Officers Association of Michigan (POAM), representing the Lake County Deputy Sheriff’s Association, began negotiating a new collective bargaining...
By Paul Markel, newamericantruth.com They’re fighting!” a woman’s voice screamed. I was only a few yards away and turned to see that the typical “fight ring” had formed in the crowd. Running...
By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor In early 2006 the father and son duo of Quince and Nick Lefurgey embarked on a new project together, a full line Honda Powersports dealership. Quince, with a life time of Pow...
By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Like every other Michigan City, Port Huron has been hurt by decreasing home values and revenue sharing cuts from the state. Add to that a significant decline in manufacturing...
By Jim Binder Advantage, by definition is superiority of position or condition and is frequently the deciding factor in surviving a lethal engagement, where only skill and training are of greater impo...
Changes at MCOLES By Jim DeVries, MCOLES Board Member MCOLES has gone through personnel changes brought on by early retirement incentives. In total MCOLES has eight less employees and is in the middle...
By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Every Wednesday night a group gathers at the American Legion Hall in Berkley to practice for something they all pray they will never have to do again. The group is the Metro ...
POAM President Jim Tignanelli has announced that our organization will once again host an informal gathering at the Tune Inn for police officers attending Police Week activities in Washington, D.C. Th...
By Barry Sherman Instruct the “Senior Seminar” capstone course for graduating Criminal Justice Seniors at Madonna University. The students in the class are both officers from the field and those w...