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Tuscola County DSA's William Webster | Police Officer of the Year Awards - May 2023 | POAM

2023 P.O. Of The Year: Deputy William Webster

May 25, 2023

The call to help a person in need is instilled in police officers, whether on or off duty – saving a life isn’t always aligned with their working shift. Police officers must be able to act qui...

Message from the President – April 2023

April 4, 2023

Message from the President As I write this, people are still mourning, still wondering why such a senseless murder of six innocent people (3 aged 9) would take place in a small school of K-6 grade stu...

2023 Law Enforcement Night With the Detroit Tigers

March 17, 2023

2023 LAW ENFORCEMENT NIGHT To show members of the Law Enforcement and the Public Safety professions appreciation, the Detroit Tigers are offering an exclusive ticket package to law enforcement and pub...

Child Exploitation and Sexual Abuse Training | POAM Train and Educate

Child Exploitation Material and Child Sexual Abuse Training

March 17, 2023

The Calhoun County Prosecutor’s Office and the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (NHBP) are hosting a National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC) training session on Child Exploitation...

Defender Mobility Wheelchair Donation to Jeff Ball | POAM

Defender Mobility TracFab Wheelchair Donation

February 20, 2023

Jeff Hall Becomes a Recent TracFab Wheelchair Donation Recipient As a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, Defender Mobility gifts all-terrain wheelchairs to military and law enforcement heroes with injur...

MCOLES Academy Assistance Program

February 14, 2023

POAM is reposting this information from Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) — MCOLES has received funding for grants to law enforcement agencies for basic law enforcement trai...

Public Safety Academy Assistance Program

MCOLES News from POAM Commissioner Kenneth E. Grabowski

October 6, 2022

Public Safety Academy Assistance Program Dear Law Enforcement Agency Heads, The Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) has recently received funding from the legislature for six dif...

TracFab Chair Donation Recipient Dennis ODonnell.

TracFab Donations by Defender Mobility

September 29, 2022

TracFab Chair Donation for Heros To enjoy our everyday freedom and safety, military personnel and law enforcement officials have selflessly sacrificed so much of themselves in the line of duty. The ex...

Shelby Township Police Department – Solo Officer Training

September 16, 2022

Solo Officer Active Shooter Training In response to the rise in mass shootings, particularly at schools, Chief Shelide of the Shelby Township Police Department wanted to ensure that his officers were ...

Why Michigan can’t find 911 dispatchers

September 7, 2022

Long shifts, low pay, high stress: Why Michigan can’t find 911 dispatchers This post was originally published on www.bridgemi.com. Early this year, veteran 911 dispatcher Stacy Jones left her job af...

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County Corrections Officers Aim to be Included in Public Act 312

POAM has been working with Michigan State Representatives to introduce legislation adding county correction officers to Public Act 312.

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