Don’t delay! Reserve your discounted room today at the luxurious Delamar Traverse City and choose your leisure activity for the 2026 Annual POLC/GELC Meeting & Labor Seminar, scheduled Wednesday, Sept. 23 through Friday, Sept. 25, 2026 at the scenic waterfront hotel along Grand Traverse Bay.
As a longstanding member of the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks (CABT), NAPO joined our coalition law enforcement partners in a June 30 letter to Congress urging them to reject provisions for heavier and longer trucks as they weigh surface transportation reauthorization measures. Extensive research, including the U.S.
By Jennifer Gomori, POJ Editor
Chippewa County Corrections Officers started this year off with a major increase in pay and benefits after negotiating their first bargaining agreement with POLC representation.
The group scored a 13 percent increase in pay, effective Jan.
By Jennifer Gomori, POJ Editor
It’s time to register for the Annual POLC/GELC Conference and scheduled diversions, which will be held Sept. 23-25, 2026 at the scenic waterfront hotel, Delamar Traverse City.
New three-year agreement expires Dec. 31, 2028.
Wages:
4% to 15% increase, depending on wage scale step, effective Jan. 1, 2026.
4% increase effective Jan. 1, 2027.
4% increase effective Jan. 1, 2028.
*The wage scale steps increased significantly. Total wage increases for Employees for the life of the contract range from 16% for New Hires up to 23% for top of scale.
In a NAPO victory, the Senate passed the Fighting PTSD Act (S. 825) by voice vote on June 10. This legislation would require the Attorney General to propose a program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to all federal, state, and local public safety officers.
By Jennifer Gomori, POJ Editor
Oakland Community College Police Academy Cadet Stephen Kage was honored with the Richard R. Weiler Scholarship Award at graduation, inspiring him to share his community-minded leadership qualities with others.
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New three-year agreement expires Dec. 31, 2028.
Wages:
4% increase effective Jan. 1, 2026.
3.5% increase effective Jan. 1, 2027.
3% increase effective Jan. 1, 2028.
* An additional $.70 cents per hour was added to all 2026 wages on top of the 4% increase.
Manning & Safety: The previous $.
The Detroit Regional Chamber's annual Mackinac Policy Conference convened May 26–29 at the Grand Hotel, drawing lawmakers, business leaders, lobbyists, and policy advocates from around the state and nation. This year's theme — "A Quest for Common Ground" — focused on bipartisan solutions ahead of November's midterm elections.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) held a briefing June 4 to educate stakeholders about consolidation of the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and the Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) under the newly established Bureau of Justice Grants.
Convention Registration (2).pdf
