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...
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...
by William Birdseye Have you logged on to poam.net and heard the most recent improvements to the site? That’s right, audio applications are now taking the nation’s leading police union website int...
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...
Bullet Proof Seats Save Police Departments Big Money By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Let’s describe a scene that is all too familiar to law enforcement personnel. It’s the unavoidable, ever present hole...
By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Allen White fondly remembers frequenting the Clare City Bakery as a young man growing up in Clare, Michigan. As a matter of fact so did his father and his fathers’ father. ...
I am writing today to give you an update on the status of the health insurance reform bill. In the Senate, two committees have jurisdiction over health insurance reform: the Health, Education, Labor, ...
Goal to Maintain Benefits Prompts Discussion by Kenneth E. Grabowski Do you want to maintain your health care? Or how about your pension benefits, or even your JOB for that matter. Well that’s w...
From the Desk of Larry Orlowski & DSAM The Michigan State Police budget passed Senate Appropriations Committee and is scheduled to be voted on by the full senate in approximately two weeks. With...
by Kenneth E. Grabowski HR2391, the federal bill that will provide access to health care benefits for the families of public safety officers that lose their lives in the line of duty is gaining moment...