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Law Enforcement Legislative Updates: Page 15

Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

2014 POAM May/June Washington Update

Following the House and Senate’s return from a brief July Fourth recess, legislators have continued debate on Fiscal Year 2015 spending bills. Committees in both the House and Senate have held numer...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

POAM Congressional Record

On June 10th, Congressman Gary Peters recognized the five officers, Nicholas Smiscik, Mathew Swope and Michael Jacobi, Andrea Carlson and Lindsay Witthuhn, who were presented with the 2014 Michigan Po...
Emergency Action HB 5097 | Michigan Legislature

Emergency Action on House Bill 5097!

You must communicate with your Michigan State Representative immediately! For the past two years, your POAM Legislative Team has worked relentlessly to correct PA 54, which among other things, freezes...
POAM Legislative Update

POAM January/March Washington Update

In January, the U.S. Congress struck a deal to avert another federal government shutdown by passing an omnibus appropriations bill that will provide funding for federal government agencies through Sep...
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Defending Detroit’s Pensioners

Attorney General Bill Schuette urged the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals for an accelerated decision as to whether Michigan’s constitution protects pensions in Detroit’s bankruptcy case. The Attorney...
Winter 2023 Updated | POAM

HB 5097

House Bill Number 5097 was introduced on October 23, 2013 to amend 1947 PA 336. The bill can be read below.