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Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Law Enforcement is About Fairness, Not Numbers

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By Senator Glenn Anderson-Westland(D) Throughout my career, I have had the good fortune of working closely with our law enforcement community on a number of issues. The men and women I have met have c...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Mixing Police and Politics

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By Barry Sherman First, let me start out by telling you when I feel these two do mix. Several weeks ago I received a call from a newspaper reporter who was writing a story on a local police labor orga...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Police Officers of the Year 2009

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KENT COUNTY DEPUTIES MIKE HOPKINS, MARIO MOREY AND CHRIS HAWLEY With an armed gunman on the loose, back-up officers can make the difference between life and death. But reinforcements were a luxury tim...
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Think Before You Speak

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By Frank Borelli ©2009 New American Truth “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” -Abraham Lincoln “Everything is a matter of perception.” -Sha...
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Arresting a Caregiver of Minor Children

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By Donna Selman, PhD In 2002, the National Institute of Justice put out a call to law enforcement officials requesting information about policies regarding the arrest of primary caregivers of minor ch...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Goal to Maintain Benefits Prompts Discussion

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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...