Michigan Police Officers Union Pushes For Hazard Pay During COVID-19 Pandemic As the pandemic continues, POAM continues to fight for our members to receive hazard pay. While in this fight, our own Dav...
National Police Week App Information originally reported on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial’s website. We can’t meet in person in Washington, DC, for National Police Week 2020, ...
House Bill 5763 House Bill 5763 offers paid time-off for first responders affected by a public health emergency. Additionally, this bill amends the 2018 PA 338, entitled “Paid Medical Leave Act...
COVID-19 May Updates POAM is sharing the latest COVID-19 May updates affecting our great state of Michigan. We will consistently update this post as additional updates come in. This information is fro...
MLC May Updates The Michigan Legislative Consultants (MLC) is sharing the latest updates with our members informed on what’s happening at the State Capitol in our MLC May Updates. This informati...
First Responders Bill To Codify Emergency Rules Presuming Workplace Exposure to COVID-19 State Senator Curtis Hertel, Jr. released a press release that introduces a first responders bill to help expan...
Law Enforcement Departments Recognition As we continue to provide law enforcement and first responder updates regarding COVID-19, we would like to thank law enforcement agencies who have provided extr...
Hazard Pay Update With New Bill Conference With Senator Gary Peters On Monday, April 27, the Public Saftey Coalition met via Zoom with Michigan U.S. Senator Gary Peters about the hazard pay update. Le...
Response to Public Safety Coalition After speaking with Governor Whitmer, along with the other organizations, we received a response to Public Safety Coalition and their requests for law enforcement o...
Modified First Responders Testing Criteria The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has issued an order expanding first responders testing criteria for COVID-19 for all healthcare workers ...