Leon Dykas was a police officer for the Worcester, Massachusetts Police Department. In 2008, Dykas was purported to have engaged in noncriminal misconduct involving his ex-wife in violation of a “La...
The Contra Costa County Deputy Sheriff’s Association represents sworn and unsworn employees who work for the Contra Costa County, California Sheriff’s Office. The Association sued the County, alle...
Within the last year, body-worn cameras have become standard-issue gear for many American police officers. The idea being that once every officer was required to wear a body camera, it would calm many...
POAM is committed to providing the resources necessary to support the continuous education of police officers. In doing so, we’ve compiled a list of video resources that cover a variety of topics to...
Think Before You Post! A Social Media Warning. “You’ve been proving yourselves all of your careers, but now we must re-establish that we’re better than the average guy.” – Jim Tignanelli On ...
May POAM Washington Update In the past two months, both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate worked to pass their respective Fiscal Year 2016 budget resolutions. On March 25, the House passed ...
On April 28th, POAM provided a written request to The Honorable Debbie Stabenow, asking for an amendment to the AHA (Affordable Healthcare Act) to prohibit employers, both public and private, from eli...
The Wayne State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Labor@Wayne invite you to a free seminar titled “Bargaining in Police, Fire, and EMS: Being Proactive in a Changing Environmen...