The Police Officers Journal
Eager retires as police, labor leader — By Jennifer Gomori, POJ Editor
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cott Eager served 25 years with the Battle Creek Police Department and just as many years as a POLC member, and he retired a leader in both organizations. In October 2021, Eager retired as a Battle Creek Police Sergeant and a POLC/GELC Executive Committee member. Eager was appointed to the board in March 2013 and was re-elected by members until his retirement. He was also elected Chairman of the Local POLC Non-Supervisory Unit for Battle Creek Police for five years and served as a former Chief Steward two years. Assigned to the Detective Bureau in 2002, Eager worked as a Detective until 2017, spending 10 years in the Special Investigations Unit. He also worked as an Animal Control Supervisor. A veteran of the United States Marine Corps Reserve, Eager earned his Criminal Justice degree at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. He’s proud to have represented members at the state level. He said it’s easy for members not to realize the depth of responsibilities of being elected to the Union Executive Committee. “We’re not just sitting there rubber stamping things,” Eager said.
“There’s a lot of serious decisions that are made. It can almost feel ceremonial at times when people look at the (POLC/ GELC Labor) Conference, but there’s a lot more that goes into sitting on that board. We’re really helping run the organization and making sure that we are representing the members well.” His advice for his replacement is to be open to new ideas, especially in this time of rapid change due to pandemicrelated issues. “Basically, be a good listener and apply common sense,” he said. “With COVID and everything, it just brought up a whole lot of Union issues, beyond what we dealt with in Right to Work and the Janus Continued on page 5
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