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Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

The Cutting Edge – Bullet Proof Seats

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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...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Cereal Killers – Cops & Doughnuts

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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. ...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Health Insurance Reform Update

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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, ...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Health Care Proposal

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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...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

The Legislative Director’s Chair Part 3

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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...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Deputies Go After Sheriffs For Funds

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The Deputy Sheriffs Association of Michigan is claiming that a statewide fund that pays for training of officers is being used by county sheriffs as a "slush fund' for personal expenses. There has bee...