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The Truth About Qualified Immunity For Police Officers

February 9, 2024

Qualified immunity plays a pivotal role in protecting law enforcement officers from civil liability when performing job duties. Both State and Federal law allow qualified immunity as a defense to civi...

What Are Garrity Rights? Understanding Your Rights

January 25, 2024

Garrity Rights are crucial to law enforcement officers’ legal protections within Michigan and the rest of the United States. Understanding these rights ensures officers can navigate complex lega...

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Internet Privacy Protection Act

September 14, 2017

AN ACT to prohibit employers and educational institutions from requiring certain individuals to grant access to, allow observation of, or disclose information that allows access to or observation of p...

Garrity Right: Procedure to Follow to Properly Assert The Right

June 2, 2016

POAM General Counsel Frank Guido has detailed the step-by-step procedure for members to assert their garrity right, re-emphasizing that "compulsion" must exist to assert the protection.

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How Does Governmental Immunity Apply to the Acts of Police Officers?Past

November 15, 2014

Arthur A. Borella’s article discusses how governmental immunity applies to police officers. It covers situations where officers may face civil lawsuits for injuries caused while on duty, emphasi...

Criminal Investigation Conducted by Employer Triggers Weingarten Rights

April 28, 2011

Written by Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor POAM represents communication dispatchers within the Dearborn Police Department. In 2007, one of the members began a publicly accessible, on-line weblog, popularly re...

Open Letter to All Employees 10/ 08/2010

October 11, 2010

Employer Cannot Affect Member’s Right to Lawful Concerted ActivitiesPast

July 26, 2010

By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor As reported in a previous LEJ, POAM will periodically report on judges and decisions issuing from various Michigan and Federal Courts which have a positive or negative impact...

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June 9, 2010

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What to Say and Do When Injured on the JobPast

May 4, 2010

Most disputed workers’ compensation cases have one or more problems in common. You can minimize those problems by following certain rules when injured at work. This article offers essential advi...

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Law Enforcement Legal Information for POAM Members