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The professional team of legislative consultants at Muchmore, Harrington, Smalley and Associates (MHSA), along with their experienced support staff, handle the legislative concerns of the Michigan Fraternal Order of Police. Besides the experienced partners consisting of Dennis Muchmore, Pat Harrington and John Smalley, we are pleased to have Sandi Lewis handling the day to day legislative needs of our organization. Together they pack a one-two punch when it comes to dealing with legislators on the tough issues that affect you the law enforcement officers. Sandi works closely with our own experienced legislative committee to make the Fraternal Order of Police the VOICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT in Lansing!
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***Legislative News and Updates***
News:
The Fraternal Order of Police continues to work with the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) to find dedicated funding that will get MCOLES out of the State's General Fund and create enough revenue to all implementation of standardized in-service training.
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Attached you will find the Legislative Report prepared by Muchmore Harrington Smalley and Associates for the State Lodge. As you can see it is twenty pages long and contains the legislation that has been introduced, this session, that affects law Enforcement and Public Safety.
Also attached is the Michigan Fraternal Order of Police Primary Report. This is a list of up to date legislation pulled from the Legislative Tracking Report listed above. These pieces of legislation have the most impact on collective bargaining and working conditions.
You can go to http://www.michiganlegislature.mi.gov to read the full text of these bills.
The State Lodge along with our lobbyist Sandi Lewis are tracking these pieces of legislation and will give you periodic updates.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT your State Legislator and ask them where they stand on these key pieces of legislation.
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