Major Announcement!
CLEAT Now Offers TCLEOSE-Credited Training to Members
CLEAT President Todd Harrison made a major announcement today that CLEAT will now be offering TCLEOSE-credited training for members on an on-going basis. “TCLEOSE training is a very important part of the services that we provide to our members,” Harrison said, “and we intend to offer an array of training subjects to members.” Harrison noted that CLEAT Director of Special Projects Rick Self will oversee the training program.
CLEAT SIGNS HISTORIC AGREEMENT WITH POLICEPAY.NET
CLEAT Vice Presidents Lee Jackson of Fort Worth and Ervey Banda of San Antonio, Police Pay.net's Ron York, President Todd Harrison and Vice President Adrian Pina
of El Paso
The CLEAT Executive Board approved a historic agreement at its January meeting with POLICEPAY.NET that will provide all CLEAT local affiliates with pay and benefit comparability analysis and analysis of employer financial data. POLICEPAY.NET and CLEAT have an exclusive relationship within the State of Texas! Except for the Houston Police Officers Union and Dallas Police Association, every Texas law enforcement organization that wants to use POLICEPAY.NET’s services must be affiliated with CLEAT.
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CLEAT Executive Board Votes to End Merger Talks With TMPA Left to Right: Vice President Adrian Pina of El Paso, Vice President Ervey Banda of San Antonio and President Todd Harrison
On January 14th, The CLEAT Executive Board voted to discontinue reunification talks with TMPA. The CLEAT Board believes that there are fundamental philosophical and organizational differences between CLEAT and TMPA that cannot be overcome by further discussions.
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CLEAT Executive Director John Burpo's Challenge Continues to Go Unanswered 
By John Burpo, CLEAT Executive DirectorThe vitality of our organization is extraordinary: a supportive Executive Board, a dedicated staff, and loyal local leaders and members who are committed to CLEAT’s values and direction. It is so much easier to lead an organization when all of these positive elements are in play and contribute to our success as a labor organization.
Since my arrival at CLEAT late in 2008, an issue kept coming to my attention that CLEAT is broke, an urban myth apparently advanced by people or organizations pushing their own narrow agendas. Let’s get a few things straight: I sure wouldn't’t have left my position as the national law enforcement director for the Communications Workers of America and taken this job if CLEAT were broke – I like putting food on the table and paying my bills as much as the next guy. Second, CLEAT currently has over $800,000 in our reserve fund and will have a $1 million reserve by the spring of 2010; and our state headquarters is 100% paid off with a value of about $3 million. These are not the attributes of an organization that is in financial trouble.
So for all you lying, sleazy morons perpetuating this myth, I issue this challenge. Come on down to our office at 400 W. 14th Street in Austin, Texas – I don’t care if you’re a CLEAT member or not, and you can go over our financial records. Take all the time you need. When you find out that we are in great financial shape, we will provide you with a written declaration to the effect that CLEAT is definitely financially solvent. You will be expected to sign the declaration and make a public statement affirming our financial stability. If you don’t have the guts to accept this challenge, then find something else to lie about.