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2018 Police Officer of the Year Nominations

It’s time for us begin accepting nominations for this year’s POAM Officer of the Year Award! Each year, POAM honors police officers that have dutifully and courageously handled less-than-i...

The Great Lakes Region Does Better With Garber

POAM supports those who support us! Dick Garber has been a real friend to POAM and its members.  Because we are thankful for his loyalty to POAM, we couldn’t say no when asked to be part of an ...


November POAM Washington Report

In November, U.S. House Leadership unveiled their proposal to overhaul the U.S. tax code, a major legislative priority for Congressional Leaders and the White House. The House Ways and Means Committee...




A History Lesson: God Bless America

Kate wanted to do something to cheer them up, so she went to the famous American song-writer Irving Berlin (who also wrote White Christmas) and asked him to write a song that would make Americans  fe...

Lake County Settlements

All the units (five, Deputy, Deputy Command, corrections, corrections command and dispatch) are three year contracts. Wages for deputy command: 5% 7% 5% Deputy 3% 4.75% 4.75% Dispatch 3% 4.25% 4.25% C...

September 2017 POAM Washington Report

Congress returned from its annual August recess on Monday, September 5, 2017. In the first week, President Trump and lawmakers reached agreement on a debt-limit and Hurricane Harvey aid package.