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Goal to Maintain Benefits Prompts Discussion

May 4, 2010

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...

PAUL POSTAL IS NEWEST POAM EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER

May 4, 2010

By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Grand Traverse County Deputy Sheriff Paul Postal has always been impressed with the work that POAM has done for his fellow deputies, especially the personal commitment given ...

When is Law Enforcement Going to Get a Government Bailout?

May 4, 2010

By Barry Sherman Our government has spent hundreds of billions of dollars bailing out Wall Street, banks, and the auto industry. When are they going to realize that the most essential service that kee...

JOHN R. SANTOMAURO IS POAM’S ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR

May 4, 2010

By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Honesty. Integrity. Humility. Without those qualities it’s nearly impossible to survive in a Public Safety Director’s Job, especially in a large community where t...

An Education in Media Distortion of Criminal Justice

May 4, 2010

By Barry Sherman If you want to know the influence television has on young people, just talk to new college students during their initial academic advising session. The show C.S.I. has created a whole...

FIRST-TIME REPEAT WINNER OF THE HORSE’S ASS AWARD

May 4, 2010

By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Eavesdropping on personal and union telephone calls, discriminating against employees, disciplining deputies for lost badges while saving lives, and incarcerating correction ...

Police Officers of the Year 2009

May 4, 2010

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...

Mixing Police and Politics

May 4, 2010

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...

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April 26, 2010

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Wayne County Deputies Join POAM

January 27, 2010

By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor After decades of consideration and an aggressive internal recruiting campaign, Wayne County Sheriff’s officers have finally affiliated with a police union. The collecti...

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