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The Law Enforcement Journal: Page 8

Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Tampering with Compulsory Arbitration

By Frank Guido, General Counsel When a Public Employer and Police/Fire labor union are unable to arrive at a negotiated collective bargaining agreement, their dispute is subject to resolution through ...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Guns on Campus: Police Perspectives

By Donna Selman, Ph.D. In April 2007, a gunman opened fire on Virginia Tech’s campus, taking the lives of 32 people including five faculty members and twenty-seven students, injuring an additional s...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

MCOLES Report

By JIM DeVRIES, MCOLES Board Member MCOLES offices have moved to the historic Hollister Building in downtown Lansing. The new address is 106 W. Allegan, Suite 600, in Lansing, Zip 48933. Telephone num...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

MERS Update

MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF MICHIGAN BRIDGED BENEFIT PROGRAM On July 15, 2009, the Board conditionally amended Plan Document Section 43 and Section 43a in response to requests by m...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

MCOLES Report: Jim DeVries

By Jim DeVries, MCOLES Board Member The past few months have proven to be challenging for MCOLES. At its June meeting, the Commission received notice that Executive Director Raymond W. Beach, Jr. woul...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Mixing Police and Politics

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

Tales From the Trenches

By Dave LaMontaine During a recent conversation between Executive Director Orlowski and myself, we were lamenting the lack of interest of deputy sheriffs’ in politics. I had previously discussed...

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