AUSTIN — The State’s largest law enforcement union announced today that it will seek to legally enforce Line of Duty Death benefits for all Texas law enforcement personnel.
The Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, or CLEAT, will sue any political subdivision, law enforcement agency, and individual who rules any COVID-19 death as non-Duty related.
“Our state and federal government have failed through a lack of preparedness to supply life-saving PPE supplies for law enforcement, unnecessarily placing lives at risk,” said Charley Wilkison, the union’s Executive Director.
“The employee death toll at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is already at five employees ...