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The Floresville Police Officers Association (FPOA) held its annual Catfish Fishing Tournament at Calaveras Lake, near San Antonio. This tournament has been an annual event for the FPOA for several years now. The tournament consisted of 51 teams and the largest haul of Catfish was over fifty pounds. This netted the FPOA a whopping $7,900 in revenue; a darn good fundraiser for a fourteen person police department.
Posted by CLEAT
April 23, 2012
Judge Jonathan Wehrmeister administers the oath of office to the MPLEA Executive Board.
It started in October 2011 with a telephone call from a board member of the Mission Police Association (a TMPA group) to CLEAT Field Service Representatives Perry Hyden and Steve Ayala. The caller wanted to know what CLEAT could do for them. Immediately, a meeting was set up with this board member and one other Mission Police Officer. During the meeting, these two officers asked several questions concerning CLEAT membership. They indicated that their association was not going anywhere as there was no transparency and that the TMPA president did whatever he wanted without board approval. Read More »
Posted by CLEAT
April 23, 2012
Waco Police Association President Ken Reeves records at the studio
The Waco Police Association have taken to the airways with two radio commercials in support of Shirley Langston for Waco City Council. To hear Shirley Langston’s commercial, click here. Ken Reeves, President of the Waco Police Association, pictured above, also was on air for this message.
Candidate for Waco City Council, Shirley Langston
Posted by CLEAT
April 23, 2012
Recently, Senator Dan Patrick, R-Houston, was awarded Best of the Senate for his support of law enforcement during the 82nd legislative session.
Posted by CLEAT
April 23, 2012
left to right: Senator Craig Estes with CLEAT's Melinda Griffith
State Senator Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, was awarded Best of the Senate for his support of law enforcement during the 82nd legislative session.
Posted by CLEAT
April 16, 2012
Thousands of officers lineup on the church grounds in honor of Officer Padron.
It has been widely publicized that Senior Austin Police Officer Jaime Padron was an outstanding public servant, and that he most certainly was. Kind, gentle, dedicated, friendly, intelligent are all words that under-describe the person who is most notably remembered for his smile. Read More »
Posted by CLEAT
April 16, 2012
Recently, Chris Jones with the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas presented Representative Dwayne Bohac (R-Houston), CLEAT’s “Best of the House” award for his service during the 82nd Session of the Texas Legislature.
Posted by CLEAT
April 16, 2012
Austin Police Association President Wayne Vincent had just won re-election last year and quickly went back to work planning for future contract negotiations, next year’s legislative attack on officer retirements and as every local union president—watching over the legal defense of his members.
President Vincent knew the losers would be sore and he knew a handful of management cronies would continue to dredge up frivolous, shrill complaints but he was used to that. Read More »
Posted by CLEAT
April 5, 2012
La Marque Police Association President Forest Gandy speaks at the campaign kickoff event for Stop Prop 21 in La Marque on April 2, 2012.
On Monday, April 2nd, members of the La Marque Police Association hosted a campaign event kicking off the effort to defeat a city charter amendment on staffing. Over 50 people attended the event, including representatives from CLEAT, 15 members of the 29 member police department, friends and family members of the officers, and officers from the neighboring departments of Sante Fe and Alvin. Also in attendance were several La Marque fire fighters and a number of local residents against the ballot measure. Read More »
Posted by CLEAT
April 5, 2012
Detective Jake Schauer of the Alvin Police Association presents La Marque Police Association President Forest Gandy with a $500 contribution to the campaign to defeat Proposition 21 in La Marque.
The La Marque Police Association is embroiled in a fight to defeat a City Charter amendment on police staffing. The amendment would remove language currently in the La Marque City Charter that requires the department be staffed at a minimum of 25 sworn officers. This provision has been in the Charter for over 20 years. Several neighboring police associations are standing with La Marque to defeat the proposed charter change. Read More »
Posted by CLEAT
April 5, 2012
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