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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

Deputies Go After Sheriffs For Funds

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The Deputy Sheriffs Association of Michigan is claiming that a statewide fund that pays for training of officers is being used by county sheriffs as a "slush fund' for personal expenses. There has bee...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Taylor Police Officer Dies After Hit-And- Run

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TAYLOR, Mich. — A Taylor police officer has died after being struck in a hit-and-run crash while assisting a driver whose vehicle stalled. And now, Taylor police are seeking the public’s help ...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

Police Cars: the war heats up!

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Chrysler unveiled Tuesday the first photo of its all-new police car based on the Dodge Charger — providing fresh evidence of a brewing police car war in which rival automakers have one main comp...