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DROP Payments Cannot be Used to Offset Workers’ Compensation Benefits

June 4, 2014

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Carroll Thiergartner was a Baltimore County firefighter for 33 years. During his active employment, Thiergartner participated in the County’s Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP). At the time o...

Attorney General agrees and supports POAM position on PA 54

May 28, 2014

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The Michigan Attorney General has decided to support POAM on the legislation PA 54.

Outline for seminar on Critical Incident Stress, Post-Shooting Trauma and Law Enforcement Personnel

May 28, 2014

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Tuebor is a Latin word meaning “I will defend” with a secondary meaning “to serve and to protect”. This is a basic belief of all police officers. This commitment to the commun...

Professional Police Training Courses

May 28, 2014

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Professional Police Training, also known as PSTGP, LLC is holding three training courses in the upcoming summer months. These training events will focus on Legal Update and Review, Police Supervisor L...

Off-Duty Detroit Cop Shoots Armed Robber

May 7, 2014

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An off-duty officer was talking on the phone just outside of the pharmacy where he worked part-time when a man aggressively approached him and demanded that he give him the phone. The officer refused,...

POAM Meets the Members of U.S. Congress

May 7, 2014

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POAM Legislative Director Kenneth E. Grabowski and President Jim Tignanelli travelled to Washington D.C. and discussed important law enforcement issues with Candice Miller, Kerry Bentivolio and other ...

Transfer Denial Cannot Support Discrimination Claim

April 30, 2014

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For many discrimination claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the employee must show that he/she was the subject of an “adverse employment action.” Roughly speaking, an adverse employmen...

Supreme Court Upholds Michigan’s Ban on Race and Gender Preferences in Employment, Education

April 30, 2014

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The United States Supreme Court continues to whittle around the edge of the basic constitutional question concerning affirmative action programs – do the equal protection guarantees of the Fourteent...

Due Process Requires Pre-Discipline Hearing Even if Appeal Rights Exist

March 31, 2014

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A common misperception is that if an employee has access to a meaningful post-discipline appeal, the employer need not grant the employee a pre-disciplinary hearing. As the Village of Minerva Park, Oh...

Emergency Action HB 5097 | Michigan Legislature

Emergency Action on House Bill 5097!

March 21, 2014

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You must communicate with your Michigan State Representative immediately! For the past two years, your POAM Legislative Team has worked relentlessly to correct PA 54, which among other things, freezes...

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DROP Payments Cannot be Used to Offset Workers’ Compensation Benefits

Attorney General agrees and supports POAM position on PA 54

Outline for seminar on Critical Incident Stress, Post-Shooting Trauma and Law Enforcement Personnel

Professional Police Training Courses

Off-Duty Detroit Cop Shoots Armed Robber

POAM Meets the Members of U.S. Congress

Transfer Denial Cannot Support Discrimination Claim

Supreme Court Upholds Michigan’s Ban on Race and Gender Preferences in Employment, Education

Due Process Requires Pre-Discipline Hearing Even if Appeal Rights Exist

Emergency Action on House Bill 5097!

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