Ron DeLord
Executive Director
Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT)


Stop the trouble before it starts:
Learning to protect your members against harmful policies

 Local politicians often work quietly to create policies which can be detrimental to the mission and goals of a police association. The politicians then use public forums and the media to convince the public that the proposed policies are best for the people. It is incumbent on police associations to constantly and consistently monitor policy making bodies and to be vigilant in protecting the membership from multiple threats to the best interests of the police association and the people of the city.
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Marty Linsky
Co-Founder
Cambridge Leadership Associates


Leadership in times of crisis

 Over the next few years, police association leaders will be facing unprecedented economic turmoil and will be called upon to make unprecedented decisions. The current upheaval in the U.S. economy and the severe loss of tax dollars collected by local and state governments will directly impact police associations and their members particularly those who have pending contract negotiations. Law enforcement agencies are one of the largest components of state and local budgets and law enforcement officers typically earn higher salaries and receive better benefits and pensions than other public sector employees as well as those who work in the private sector. Government agencies looking to restore financial stability will be forced to make drastic cuts in expenditures and the police will be on the top of their hit list.
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John Della Volpe
Director of Polling
Harvard University Institute of Politics


What's up with those younger cops? Everything you wanted to know about the "Millennials" but were afraid to ask

In 2000, a Harvard University survey found that Millennial Generation students were "looking for a new way to effect change in the public realm."
 · 60 percent of college students were involved in community service during the past year
 · 85 percent believed that a better way to resolve important community problems was as a community volunteer rather than political engagement.
 · 97 percent believed "enjoyment of activity" was an effective factor in motivating them.
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