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...
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...
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...
Changes to Committee Leadership Impact Law enforcement By Dennis McGrann, POAM Lobbyist, Washington, D.C. Washington continues to chug along with Congress still unable to approve a full funding bill f...
It would seem like a simple question. If a public employee wants to use compensatory time off on a particular day, does the employer have to grant the day off? As straightforward as that question migh...
ANTRIM COUNTY SGT. TRAVIS CHELLIS AND DEPUTY KAHL SMITH No one ever knows what a new year will bring, but two Antrim County Sheriff’s Department law enforcement officers didn’t have...
In a surge of last-minute, pre-August recess activity, the Senate passed a wide range of bills that in one case sparked a surprising callback for House members. Interrupting their August recess for on...
After a long vacancy in the office of Executive Director, the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) has selected a new leader. At its September 15, 2010 meeting in Garden City, the...
POAM bestowed its most coveted membership award on three of its dedicated and hard-working local union executive board members. POAM’s loyalty award is given out annually to local union official...
Fresh off of his recognition as POAM’s 2009 Loyalty Award winner, Ottawa County Deputy Sheriff Matthew Van Liere was appointed to the POAM’s Executive Board at its September meeting. Matt’s devo...