Law Enforcement Legislative Updates

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Secondary Roads Funding Bill Approved

By: POAM, August 3, 2021

Gov. Whitmer Signs Funding Bill Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bill 27 to appropriate $384.7 million in supplemental relief funding to support the recovery of individuals, families, and small...

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Preserve the Progress: Letter Regarding Police Reform Legislation

By: POAM, July 8, 2021

Police Reform Legislation Letter On July 7, 2021, POAM penned a letter to the members of the Michigan Delegation, including each Michigan US Senator and Congressperson. This letter discusses police re...

July 2021 Washington Report

By: POAM, July 6, 2021

July 2021 POAM Washington Report Congressional Police Reform Negotiations Stall A U.S. Congress bipartisan deal to overhaul American law enforcement practices through federal legislation remained stal...

Victory For Corrections Officers With PA 312 Restoration

By: POAM, June 29, 2021

PA 312 Restores To Corrections Officers Rights On Thursday, June 24, 2021, the Michigan House of Representatives passed House Bill 4725 sponsored by Rep. Bob Bezotte, which restores PA 312 rights to ...

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New Funding Announced: Hero Pay For Law Enforcement

By: POAM, June 18, 2021

Gov. Whitmer Supports ‘Hero Pay’ for Frontline & Essential Workers On Thursday, June, 17, Michigan Governor Whitmer declared Hero Pay for first responders, law enforcement, and essential ...

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Reintroduction of the Strong Communities Act

By: POAM, June 11, 2021

Strong Communities Act: Bipartisan Legislation to Incentivize Community Policing U.S. Senator Gary Peters and his team are reintroducing the bipartisan legislation, the Strong Communities Act communit...

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Volunteer Police Officers Banned Under Anthony Bill

By: POAM, June 3, 2021

Anthony Bill: Volunteer Police Officers Banned Use of volunteer law enforcement in police and sheriff’s departments would be prohibited in Michigan under the legislation, Anthony Bill, introduce...

May 2021 POAM Washington Report

By: POAM, May 28, 2021

May 2021 POAM Washington Report In March 2021, the U.S. House passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021 (HR 1280), essentially the same bill it passed last year and failed to move in the...

POAM Adds Testimony to PA 312

By: POAM, May 26, 2021

House Commerce and Tourism Committee Takes Testimony from POAM on adding Corrections Officers to PA 312 On the morning of Tuesday, May 25, 2021, POAM Legislative Director Kenneth E. Grabowski joined C...

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Police Legislation Introduced in the Michigan State Senate

By: POAM, May 25, 2021

Sweeping Changes To The Practice Of Policing in Michigan Proposed Earlier today, 12 bills were introduced in the Michigan Senate making broad and sweeping changes to the practice of policing in Michig...

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COVID-19 Workers Compensation Emergency Order

POAM has made requests to cover members in case of COVID-19 illness. The State of Michigan has issued a Workers Compensation Emergency Order below that offers our union protection.