Public Affairs

What does CLEAT Public Affairs do for Texas Law Enforcement?

The CLEAT Public Affairs team has a large focus on the Texas Capitol where we fight to maintain officers’ rights, lobby the legislature and build relationship with political leadership to ensure that Texas Law Enforcement will remain protected. 

45 Years of Advocacy

CLEAT was the first to advocate full time in the state legislature and have a proud record of over 40 years of accomplishments. We lobby the state Legislature and you can read all about our most recent legislative agenda or legislative highlights from years past. CLEAT believes the next session of the state legislature begins as soon as the last one ends. Our focus on growing local PAC’s and campaigning to elect our friends in the Legislature as well as remove those who are your enemies makes this part of the Public Affairs assignment a full-time operation.

CLEAT’s Chris Jones testifies during a House Committee hearing at the Texas State Capitol.

What else does the Public Affairs team do?

• Official spokesperson for CLEAT in the media.
• Event planning for the annual CLEAT convention, Texas Peace Officers’ Memorial services and raising funds with our charitable sister organization, the Peace Officer Memorial Foundation.

We develop all publications such as:

• The Texas Police STAR Newsletter
• CLEAT Membership Benefit Comparison
• CLEAT Membership Packets
• Print mailers/flyers

Texas Police STAR Newsletter

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We maintain all social media channels and the CLEAT website:

• Facebook.com/CLEATTX
• Twitter.com/CLEAT
• Instagram.com/CLEAT_TX
• Facebook.com/PublicAffairs.CLEAT
• Facebook.com/POMFTX
• www.cleat.org

CLEAT Public Affairs works with CLEAT Legal and CLEAT Member Services (formerly CLEAT Field Services) to develop political messaging, build creative media to help win collective bargaining, civil service, pay raise or manpower elections and change the image of local unions with local voters and opinion leaders.

Whether it’s polling statewide or locally, helping associations to become more politically assertive, or helping build local Political Action Committees, CLEAT Public Affairs fights hard to be the rapid response team.

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