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Patch for Detroit Public Schools Police Department

Budgeted Positions

October 18, 2012

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Read a letter from POAM Business Agent John Barr to the Chief of Detroit Public Schools Police about budgeted positions.

Letter on Uniforms

October 18, 2012

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Read a letter from Police Officers Association of MIchigan's John Barr to the Detroit Public Schools Police Chief.

Wayne State University Labor Studies Center’s October Workshops

October 2, 2012

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Wayne State University's Labor Studies Center is offering several courses and seminars in the month of October, including Parliamentary Procedure, the "Dos and Don'ts" of effective grievance handling ...

UPDATE as of 9/28/2012: HB 5780 Considered by House Committee

September 28, 2012

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If House Bill 5780 passes, law enforcement officers in Michigan could no longer be affected by Public Act 54.

Detroit School District Police Department Patch

Union Meeting at 5 p.m. on Oct. 9., 2012

September 27, 2012

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The next union meeting for the Detroit Public Schools Police Department is at 5 p.m. on Oct. 9 at Martin Luther King Jr. High School.

Things Police Officers Wish the Public Knew About Their Work

September 27, 2012

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Police work is unlike any other work in the world and officers there's a lot that people don't realize. Here's what we think the public should know about police work.

10 Fatal Errors Made by Police Officers on the Road

September 27, 2012

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Nearly half of all on-duty deaths of police officers and other law enforcement agents happen behind the wheel. Here are some common mistakes made by officers on the road.

Video: Watch a ‘Smug’ Activist get TASERed Outside Courtroom

September 21, 2012

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Robert Peterson learned a valuable lesson earlier this summer after he was subdued with a TASER by a courtroom security guard in Idaho. Unless you have the proper paperwork, don't bring a camera insid...

PCs Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone were lured to their deaths.

Two Unarmed Female Police Officers Gunned Down in UK

September 21, 2012

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Two female police officers were shot and killed in England by a wanted fugitive. The officers were unarmed, do you think that they should carry guns?

‘Suspicious Timing’ of Discipline Does Not Establish Retaliation Against Officer

September 19, 2012

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Over the course of six months, Kenneth Kidwell, a 16-year veteran of the Danville, Illinois Police Department, publicly criticized several departmental officials at two police officers’ union meetin...

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