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Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Secondary Road Patrol Money Saved

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On March 10, 2010, POAM Executive Board member and Monroe County Deputy Sheriffs Association President, Dave LaMontaine, testified in front of a House Subcommittee against Governor Granholm’s elimin...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

A Decade after the Millennium

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By Barry Sherman Who would have guessed that this state and country would be in the condition they are in today — only ten years after the turn of the century? Let’s go to back to Dec. 31st 19...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Cereal Killers – Cops & Doughnuts

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By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Allen White fondly remembers frequenting the Clare City Bakery as a young man growing up in Clare, Michigan. As a matter of fact so did his father and his fathers’ father. ...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

The Legislative Director’s Chair Part 3

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by Kenneth E. Grabowski HR2391, the federal bill that will provide access to health care benefits for the families of public safety officers that lose their lives in the line of duty is gaining moment...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

The Cutting Edge – Bullet Proof Seats

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Bullet Proof Seats Save Police Departments Big Money By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Let’s describe a scene that is all too familiar to law enforcement personnel. It’s the unavoidable, ever present hole...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

MCOLES Report — Equal Opportunity Recession

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By Jim DeVries, MCOLES Board Member State government is gradually contracting and changing in adjustment to steadily decreasing revenue. If the state’s fiscal problems were confined to the state...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Tom Griffin Retires

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By Ed Jacques, LEJ Editor Over 40 years of experience in the police and labor profession were sorely missed by POAM and hundreds of its members when Business Agent Tom Griffin retired in April, 2010. ...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

POAM’s Voice Heard in DC

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House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-WI) recently announced the inclusion of $1.2 billion in his FY2010 Supplemental Appropriations bill to hire approximately 5,525 law enforcement officers. PO...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

From the President’s Desk – Spring 2010

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Good day to our members and friends. I’d like to share some headlines with you. Some may be short on details but I am hopeful you will use our communications system (either e-mail or phone) to acqui...