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From the President’s Desk – Spring 2011

May 3, 2011

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by Jim Tignanelli The new year started like “open season” on those of us being served by collective bargaining agreements. Once we saw it starting in Wisconsin and Ohio, the natural presumption wa...

Monroe Police Cross-Train – Spring 2011

May 3, 2011

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By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Monroe Police Chief Tom Moore was pleased when his patrol union agreed to implement 12-hour shifts in August, 2010. Moore and POA President Bryan Gee agreed that the 12-hour ...

Michigan Court of Appeals Affirms POAM’s Unfair Labor Practice Charge – Spring 2011

May 3, 2011

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By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Lake County and the Police Officers Association of Michigan (POAM), representing the Lake County Deputy Sheriff’s Association, began negotiating a new collective bargaining...

Oltersdorf Attempts to Create a New, Non-Union Supervisory Position

May 3, 2011

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By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor In 2009, Patrick Spidell from the Command Officers Association of Michigan (COAM) filed a petition to clarify its bargaining unit of supervisory employees of the Leelanau Cou...

Comfort Provider – Spring 2011

May 2, 2011

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By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Judy Lauria became a pretty good seamstress out of necessity while raising her seven children in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Most people would say that having four of he...

Economy Adds New Stress to the Life of an Officer – Spring 2011

May 2, 2011

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By Barry Sherman Instruct the “Senior Seminar” capstone course for graduating Criminal Justice Seniors at Madonna University. The students in the class are both officers from the field and those w...

8th Annual POAM Police Appreciation Party on Tap at the Tune Inn

May 2, 2011

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POAM President Jim Tignanelli has announced that our organization will once again host an informal gathering at the Tune Inn for police officers attending Police Week activities in Washington, D.C. Th...